Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellerslie, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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, Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $303k and spending of $133k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $310k to $303k (-2.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 40% 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, Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phelps Ambulance Inc ($303k), Tree Care Industry Association Foundation Inc ($303k) and Churchtown Fire Co No 1 ($303k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $536k, net assets of $943k.