Bedford Hills Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Bedford Hills Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford Hills, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 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, Bedford Hills Fire Department Inc reported income of $242k and spending of $101k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $178k to $242k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 58% 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, Bedford Hills Fire Department Inc sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakota Fire Protection District Inc ($242k), Plainfield High School Choral Boosters ($242k) and Volunteer Firemans Association of Cambria County and Vicinity ($242k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% of the total. It paid $5,879 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1,921, net assets of $1.8m.