Goshen Fire Department

Analysis

Goshen Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Goshen, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1997, 29 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 August 2023, Goshen Fire Department reported income of $554k and spending of $411k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $236k to $554k (+134%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Goshen Fire Department sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Readmond Friendship Fire Fighters Assoc ($554k), Maysville Fire and Ems Inc ($554k) and Cumberland Empowerment Zone Corporation ($554k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $142k. At year end it held assets of $938k against liabilities of $453k, net assets of $486k. It reported 20 employees.