Port Washington Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Port Washington Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in PRT Washingtn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1998, 28 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Port Washington Fire Department Inc reported income of $5.0m and spending of $4.4m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.1m to $5.0m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Port Washington Fire Department Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Someone Cares Inc of Atlanta ($5.0m), Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc ($5.0m) and Volunteer Firefighter Alliance ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 8.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $554k. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $897k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 45 employees.