Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Shushan, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 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, Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $177k and spending of $105k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $132k to $177k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% 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 Cascade Community Volunteer Fire Department ($177k), Upper St Clair Fire Relief Association Inc ($177k) and Hermon Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($177k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $995k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $995k.