Dodgington Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Dodgington Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Newtown, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 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 August 2024, Dodgington Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $88k and spending of $55k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2024, income fell from $102k to $88k (-13%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Dodgington Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 31st percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shallow Water Blackout Prevention Inc ($88k), Deale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc ($88k) and Minnesota Security Consortium ($88k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $391k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $391k.