Cowlesville Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Cowlesville Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cowlesville, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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 November 2023, Cowlesville Fire Company Inc reported income of $140k and spending of $148k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $118k to $140k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Cowlesville Fire Company Inc sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hobbie Volunteer Fire Company 1 ($140k), Waterville Volunteer Fire Company ($140k) and Carters Valley Volunteer Fire Department ($140k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $758k against liabilities of $168k, net assets of $590k.