Beaver Dams Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Beaver Dams Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaver Dams, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Beaver Dams Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $259k and spending of $149k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $216k to $259k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Beaver Dams Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barlow Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($258k), Cornell Area Fire Dept Inc ($259k) and Shaklee Cares ($258k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $368k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $368k.