Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sanborn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 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, Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $353k and spending of $249k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $400k to $353k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% 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 Rye Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc ($352k), Grand County Search and Rescue ($354k) and Saltsburg Fire Department ($352k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 3.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $150. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $536k, net assets of $1.7m.