Bethany Community Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Bethany Community Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Albemarle, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 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, Bethany Community Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $150k and spending of $154k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $126k to $150k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Bethany Community Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rossburg Fire Association Inc ($150k), Big River Fire Protection Inc ($150k) and Laborers Disaster Response Team ($150k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $9,756. At year end it held assets of $563k against liabilities of $171k, net assets of $393k. It reported 1 employees.