Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company No 1 Inc

Analysis

Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company No 1 Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Georgetown, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2015, 11 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, Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company No 1 Inc reported income of $159k and spending of $152k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $81k to $159k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company No 1 Inc sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mi Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Comm Officials Intl ($159k), Rossville Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($160k) and Nutter Fort Volunteer Fire Dept ($159k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $182k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $182k.