Pound Ridge Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Pound Ridge Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Pound Ridge, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 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, Pound Ridge Fire Department Inc reported income of $267k and spending of $206k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $267k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Pound Ridge Fire Department Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 Knox Volunteer Fire Company ($267k), Terrys Corners Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($267k) and Lizton-Union TWP Hendricks Co Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($267k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.