Sharpsburg Fire Prevention Association Inc

Analysis

Sharpsburg Fire Prevention Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sharpsburg, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1990, 36 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, Sharpsburg Fire Prevention Association Inc reported income of $531k and spending of $481k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $480k to $531k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Sharpsburg Fire Prevention Association Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hartford Area Fire & Rescue Inc ($531k), Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad Inc ($532k) and West Manchester Township Fire Department ($531k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $71k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $558k, net assets of $885k. It reported 7 employees.