Fleming Fire Department Inc West Lake Road 1

Analysis

Fleming Fire Department Inc West Lake Road 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Auburn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2019, 7 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, Fleming Fire Department Inc West Lake Road 1 reported income of $164k and spending of $242k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $207k to $164k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Fleming Fire Department Inc West Lake Road 1 sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garrattsville Fire Company Inc ($164k), Iada Foundation ($164k) and Charlotte Court House Fire & Rescue Inc ($164k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $778k against liabilities of $359k, net assets of $419k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.