Weston Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Weston Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Weston, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Weston Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $719k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $816k to $1.1m (+32%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, Weston Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clay Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.1m), Warriors Rest Foundation ($1.1m) and The Friendship Hose Company No 1 of Newville Pa ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $22k. At year end it held assets of $10.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $10.2m. It reported 2 employees.