North Amherst Fire Company

Analysis

North Amherst Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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 December 2023, North Amherst Fire Company reported income of $197k and spending of $205k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $203k to $197k (-2.6%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, North Amherst Fire Company sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rider Training of New Jersey a NJ Nnon Profit Corporation ($197k), Divide Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($197k) and Fairfield Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($197k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $587k against liabilities of $55k, net assets of $532k.