Putnam Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Putnam Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Putnam Sta, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2025. 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 2021, Putnam Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $190k and spending of $113k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $153k to $190k (+24%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Putnam Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No 2 ($190k), Catoma Volunteer Fire Protection Authority Inc ($190k) and Volunteer Fire Services Inc ($190k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $920k against liabilities of $193k, net assets of $727k.