Elsmere Fire Company a Inc

Analysis

Elsmere Fire Company a Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Delmar, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2004, 22 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, Elsmere Fire Company a Inc reported income of $130k and spending of $107k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $128k to $130k (+2.2%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Elsmere Fire Company a Inc sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shorterville Volunteer Fire Department ($130k), Safelight Foundation ($130k) and Hilton Fire Department Inc ($130k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 56% of the total. At year end it held assets of $823k against liabilities of $210k, net assets of $614k.