St James Fire Department Inc

Analysis

St James Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Southport, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1998, 28 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, St James Fire Department Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $878k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $1.1m to $1.1m (-1.2%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, St James Fire Department Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bushnell Basin Fire Association Inc ($1.1m), East Whiteland Township Fire Assoc ($1.1m) and Hannibal Fire Company ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.6% and program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.7m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $3.9m.