Kennett Fire and Ems Regional Commission Inc

Analysis

Kennett Fire and Ems Regional Commission Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chadds Ford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2019, 7 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 December 2023, Kennett Fire and Ems Regional Commission Inc reported income of $3.2m and spending of $3.4m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $3.2m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Kennett Fire and Ems Regional Commission Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department ($3.2m), Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($3.2m) and Alamance Community Fire District Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $299k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $299k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.