Brighton Volunteer Fire Company No 5 Inc

Analysis

Brighton Volunteer Fire Company No 5 Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Tonawanda, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 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, Brighton Volunteer Fire Company No 5 Inc reported income of $138k and spending of $124k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $187k to $138k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Brighton Volunteer Fire Company No 5 Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calvert Volunteer Fire Department ($138k), Mountain-Thingvalla Fire Protection District ($138k) and Wilmer Fire District ($138k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $705k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $705k.