Jamestown Fire Department

Analysis

Jamestown Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamestown, RI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1993, 33 years ago. 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, Jamestown Fire Department reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $983k to $1.6m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Jamestown Fire Department sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within RI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cal-Met Development Incorporated ($1.6m), San Francisco Women Against Rape ($1.6m) and Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $92k. At year end it held assets of $594k against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $529k. It reported 30 employees.