Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarksville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1995, 31 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, Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $359k and spending of $307k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $359k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seattle Fire Foundation ($359k), Hedgesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($359k) and Kindling Inc ($358k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $85. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $159k, net assets of $4.8m.