Miller Ferry Fire Department

Analysis

Miller Ferry Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Salisbury, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2006, 20 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, Miller Ferry Fire Department reported income of $781k and spending of $701k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $564k to $781k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Miller Ferry Fire Department 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 77th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Macys North Star Relief Fund ($781k), Crescent Hose Company ($783k) and Teen Street Skills ($781k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $224k. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $724k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 29 employees.