Abingdon Fire Company

Analysis

Abingdon Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Abingdon, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 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, Abingdon Fire Company reported income of $2.3m and spending of $1.9m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.3m (+6.8%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Abingdon Fire Company sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aberdeen Fire Department Incorporated ($2.3m), Tuesdays Children ($2.3m) and Minquas Fire Co 1 ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $114k. At year end it held assets of $11.2m against liabilities of $639k, net assets of $10.6m. It reported 3 employees.