Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Langley Park, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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 December 2023, Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $137k and spending of $135k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $94k to $137k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Cumberland Vol Fire Dept ($137k), Kanawha Putnam Emergency Planning Committee ($137k) and Lincroft Fire Company ($137k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $248k, net assets of $939k.