Main-Transit Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Main-Transit Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Williamsville, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2007, 19 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, Main-Transit Fire Department Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.5m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Main-Transit Fire Department Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include MVW Relief Fund Inc ($1.5m), North Huntingdon Township Volunteer Fire Company & Relief Association ($1.5m) and Buies Creek Rural Fire Department Incorporated ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $812k, net assets of $4.0m.