Union Hose and Engine Company Inc

Analysis

Union Hose and Engine Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Union Springs, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1999, 27 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, Union Hose and Engine Company Inc reported income of $231k and spending of $140k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $80k to $231k (+188%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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, Union Hose and Engine Company Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Antioch Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($231k), Bridgehampton Volunteer Fire Department ($231k) and Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($231k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% and program service revenue 2.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m.