Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Lineboro, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 June 2024, Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $1.3m to $1.1m (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancaster Community Safety Coalition ($1.1m), Tafton Fire Company Incorporated ($1.1m) and Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $432k. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 24 employees.