Hartly Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Hartly Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Hartly, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Hartly Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.1m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $964k to $1.4m (+43%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Hartly Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volunteer Ambulance Corps of Bath New York Inc ($1.4m), Northeast Benton County Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.4m) and Lovettsville Fire and Rescue Co Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $251k. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $719k, net assets of $3.0m. It reported 28 employees.