Piseco Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Piseco Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Piseco, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1992, 34 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 March 2024, Piseco Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $180k and spending of $186k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income fell from $199k to $180k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 133% 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, Piseco Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Co 1 ($180k), Campbell Volunteer Fire Department ($180k) and Mount Kisco Volunteer Fire Department ($180k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $78k, net assets of $1.3m.

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.