Gamber and Community Fire Co

Analysis

Gamber and Community Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Finksburg, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1982, 44 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 2024, Gamber and Community Fire Co reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.3m to $1.4m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Gamber and Community Fire Co 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 82nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People for Care & Learning ($1.4m), Hamburg Emergency Medical Services Inc ($1.4m) and Comprehensive Disaster Relief ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $629k. At year end it held assets of $7.8m against liabilities of $263k, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 30 employees.