West Stafford Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

West Stafford Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Stafford Springs, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2001, 25 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, West Stafford Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $266k and spending of $234k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $231k to $266k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, West Stafford Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hispanic Police Officers Association ($266k), National Association of Safety Professionals ($266k) and Berkeley Hills Fire Company ($266k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $381k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $381k.