Gerrittsen Beach Fire Volunteers Inc

Analysis

Gerrittsen Beach Fire Volunteers Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1991, 35 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, Gerrittsen Beach Fire Volunteers Inc reported income of $280k and spending of $188k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $154k to $280k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Gerrittsen Beach Fire Volunteers Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4b Disaster Response Network ($280k), Good Neighbors Ems Fund ($280k) and Jackson County Fire Protection Reserves ($280k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 16% of the total. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $1,560, net assets of $55k.