Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Hebron, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1992, 34 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, Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $1.2m and spending of $921k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $933k to $1.2m (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Waverly Volunteer Fire Department ($1.2m), Hughesville Vol Fire Dept and Resue Squad Inc ($1.2m) and First Responders Foundation ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $352k. At year end it held assets of $8.5m against liabilities of $179k, net assets of $8.4m. It reported 23 employees.