Salem Fire Department

Analysis

Salem Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Benton, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 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 2023, Salem Fire Department reported income of $487k and spending of $345k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $438k to $487k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 87%. 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, Salem Fire Department sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West End Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($487k), Relief Fire Co 4 ($488k) and Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($486k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $81k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $340, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 27 employees.