Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Schenectady, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 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, Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $53k and spending of $71k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $72k to $53k (-26%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include De Cou Hose Co ($53k), Cache LA Poudre Fire and Emergency Group Inc ($53k) and Connecticut Firefighters Charitable Foundation Inc ($53k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% of the total. At year end it held assets of $234k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $219k.