Defreestville Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Defreestville Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Troy, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 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, Defreestville Fire Department Inc reported income of $71k and spending of $65k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $40k to $71k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Defreestville Fire Department Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Moriches Fire Department ($71k), Platteville Fire Department Inc ($71k) and Sharedgeo ($71k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.3% of the total. It paid $2,549 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $781k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $781k.