Ab Shaw Fire Company

Analysis

Ab Shaw Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Claverack, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 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, Ab Shaw Fire Company reported income of $79k and spending of $39k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $54k to $79k (+45%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 53% 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, Ab Shaw Fire Company sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 31st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include McKinley Heights Mutual Benefit Association ($79k), Firmkeys Inc ($79k) and W Thompson Independent Fire Association 1 Inc ($79k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $204k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $204k.