Morgan County Rescue Squad

Analysis

Morgan County Rescue Squad is a registered charity in United States, based in Decatur, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1989, 37 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Morgan County Rescue Squad reported income of $143k and spending of $91k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $104k to $143k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Morgan County Rescue Squad sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roxbury Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($143k), Longwood Firemens Relief Association ($143k) and Wilmot Volunteer Fire Company ($143k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $5,077 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $141k against liabilities of $51k, net assets of $91k.