Antietam Fire Company

Analysis

Antietam Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Hagerstown, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 December 2023, Antietam Fire Company reported income of $200k and spending of $111k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $164k to $200k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 403%. Over the whole period it spent 51% 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, Antietam Fire Company sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flatonia Volunteer Fire Department ($200k), Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company ($200k) and Colorado Fraternal Order of Police Safety Awareness Foundation ($200k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.