The Ashford Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

The Ashford Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashford, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 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 June 2024, The Ashford Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $629k and spending of $665k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $490k to $629k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 25%. 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, The Ashford Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quakertown Fire Co Inc ($628k), Boyd-Holt County Enhanced 911 Dispatch Center ($631k) and Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Dept Inc of Porter County ($627k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $331k. At year end it held assets of $151k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $151k. It reported 10 employees.