Perth Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Perth Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Amsterdam, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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, Perth Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $254k and spending of $313k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $234k to $254k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Perth Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brasher Winthrop Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($254k), Sellersburg Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($254k) and West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation ($254k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $931k against liabilities of $608k, net assets of $323k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.