Cuba Fire Department

Analysis

Cuba Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cuba, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2012, 14 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cuba Fire Department reported income of $62k and spending of $92k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $62k (+2.6%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Cuba Fire Department sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitney Marsh Foundation Inc ($62k), Black Volunteer Fire Department ($62k) and Central King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department ($62k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. At year end it held assets of $491k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $491k.