W B Strong Fire Company of Freeville Inc

Analysis

W B Strong Fire Company of Freeville Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Freeville, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2004, 22 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, W B Strong Fire Company of Freeville Inc reported income of $421k and spending of $169k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $237k to $421k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, W B Strong Fire Company of Freeville Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chenango Bridge Fire Co Inc ($421k), Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council ($421k) and Marilla Fire Company Inc ($421k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.6% and program service revenue 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m.