South Bay Fire Department Inc

Analysis

South Bay Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cicero, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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, South Bay Fire Department Inc reported income of $362k and spending of $568k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $365k to $362k (-0.6%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, South Bay Fire Department Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southport Volunteer Firemen Inc ($362k), Sullivan West Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($363k) and Neshannock Township Volunteer Fire Company ($362k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.8% and program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $574k, net assets of $1.7m.