Volunteer & Exempt Firemans Benevolent Association of Merrick

Analysis

Volunteer & Exempt Firemans Benevolent Association of Merrick is a registered charity in United States, based in Merrick, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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 April 2023, Volunteer & Exempt Firemans Benevolent Association of Merrick reported income of $112k and spending of $93k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2023, income fell from $127k to $112k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 448%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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, Volunteer & Exempt Firemans Benevolent Association of Merrick sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Rural Fire Department of Hertford County Inc ($112k), Windham Township Volunteer Fire Company ($112k) and District 16 Volunteer Fire Department ($112k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $7,000, net assets of $1.6m.