Rush Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Rush Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rush, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 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, Rush Fire Department Inc reported income of $133k and spending of $47k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $103k to $133k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, Rush Fire Department Inc sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shelby Volunteer Fire Department ($133k), Fairmount Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($133k) and Pender United Inc ($133k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 9.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.