Scotland Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Scotland Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Scotland, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 June 2023, Scotland Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $175k and spending of $195k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $124k to $175k (+41%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 68%. 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, Scotland Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oak Hill-Durham Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($175k), Bike Walk Macon Inc ($176k) and Cataula Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($175k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $11k. At year end it held assets of $468k against liabilities of $221k, net assets of $246k. It reported 14 employees.