Bristol Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Bristol Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Canandaigua, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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, Bristol Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $279k and spending of $288k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $341k to $279k (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Bristol Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Grand Lake Volunteer Fire Dept ($279k), Buckhead Fire & Rescue Department ($279k) and Qualla Volunteer Fire Department ($279k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $892k against liabilities of $101k, net assets of $791k.