The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellington, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 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, The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $70k and spending of $68k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $62k to $70k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Care for Troops ($70k), A Kula International ($70k) and PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($70k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $434k against liabilities of $8,722, net assets of $425k.