Cliffside Area Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Cliffside Area Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cliffside, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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 2023, Cliffside Area Fire Department Inc reported income of $743k and spending of $412k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $357k to $743k (+108%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Cliffside Area Fire Department Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charlestown Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($742k), New Baltimore Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company Inc ($743k) and Milford Fire Department ($742k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $26k. At year end it held assets of $728k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $728k. It reported 11 employees.