Setauket Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Setauket Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in East Setauket, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2009, 17 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, Setauket Fire Department Inc reported income of $205k and spending of $121k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $121k to $205k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Setauket Fire Department Inc sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kalona Volunteer Fire Department ($205k), Humanity Funds ($205k) and Lafferty Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($205k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.