Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lewiston, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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 March 2023, Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $551k and spending of $341k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2023, income grew from $409k to $551k (+35%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 68th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharon Fire Department Inc ($551k), Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Inc ($551k) and Smithfield Eaton Volunteer Ambulance Corp ($550k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 63% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $284k, net assets of $2.5m.