Flanders Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Flanders Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in East Lyme, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 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, Flanders Fire Dept Inc reported income of $59k and spending of $61k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $46k to $59k (+28%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Flanders Fire Dept Inc sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 21st percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand River Emergency Services Inc ($59k), Dixon Fire Fighters Charitable Fund ($59k) and Augusta Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($59k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $113k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $113k.