Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Whitehall, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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, Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $166k and spending of $115k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $256k to $166k (-35%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include White Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($166k), Lennox Volunteer Fire Department ($166k) and Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Department ($166k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $29k (25% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $223k against liabilities of $186k, net assets of $37k.