Wendelville Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Wendelville Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in N Tonawanda, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2013, 13 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, Wendelville Fire Company Inc reported income of $671k and spending of $517k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $591k to $671k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Wendelville Fire Company Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northern York County Fire Rescue and Ems ($671k), Northeast Burnet County Fire and Rescue Inc ($671k) and Harleysville Community Fire Company ($671k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $1.7m.