Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation

Analysis

Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Harwinton, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2003, 23 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, Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation reported income of $218k and spending of $166k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $321k to $218k (-32%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($218k), Ohiopyle Stewart Volunteer Fire Company ($218k) and North Hero Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($218k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $506k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $506k.