Fraternal Order of Firefighters of Lexington Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Fraternal Order of Firefighters of Lexington Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 December 2023, Fraternal Order of Firefighters of Lexington Fire Department Inc reported income of $164k and spending of $155k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $172k to $164k (-4.9%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Fraternal Order of Firefighters of Lexington Fire Department Inc sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cougar Athletic Boosters ($164k), Alaska Business Week ($164k) and Greater Topeka Youth Foundation Inc ($164k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 115% of the total. At year end it held assets of $703k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $703k.