The Independent Junior Fire Engine Company No 3 of Hagerstown

Analysis

The Independent Junior Fire Engine Company No 3 of Hagerstown is a registered charity in United States, based in Hagerstown, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 years ago. 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, The Independent Junior Fire Engine Company No 3 of Hagerstown reported income of $136k and spending of $75k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $99k to $136k (+38%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Independent Junior Fire Engine Company No 3 of Hagerstown sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunrise Christian Life Mission Inc ($136k), Country Garden Club Perrysburg Ohio ($136k) and Children of Kilimanjaro Orphanage Inc ($136k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $498k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $498k.