Warsaw Fire Department

Analysis

Warsaw Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Warsaw, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 2024, Warsaw Fire Department reported income of $609k and spending of $586k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $933k to $609k (-35%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Warsaw Fire Department sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alberta Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($607k), Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($609k) and Volunteer Fire Department of Bethany ($607k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $742k.