Reserve Hose Company 1 of the Town of West Seneca

Analysis

Reserve Hose Company 1 of the Town of West Seneca is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1996, 30 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, Reserve Hose Company 1 of the Town of West Seneca reported income of $95k and spending of $94k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $104k to $95k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Reserve Hose Company 1 of the Town of West Seneca sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lamar Township Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($95k), Bayard Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($95k) and Clifton Volunteer Fire Dept ($95k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.8% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $294k against liabilities of $5,095, net assets of $289k.