Calabash Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Calabash Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Calabash, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2020, 6 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, Calabash Fire Department Inc reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.3m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $2.0m to $2.8m (+45%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Calabash Fire Department Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Danville Area Training Center Inc ($2.8m), Orchard Park Fire District - Ems Inc ($2.8m) and The Good-Will Fire Company No 1 of New Castle Delaware ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $7.5m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 31 employees.