Cheshire Fire Departmentincorporated

Analysis

Cheshire Fire Departmentincorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Cheshire, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 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 2024, Cheshire Fire Departmentincorporated reported income of $61k and spending of $56k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2024, income fell from $78k to $61k (-22%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Cheshire Fire Departmentincorporated 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 22nd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wheeler Trigg Odonnell Foundation ($61k), Kansas City Gunsnhoses ($61k) and Crested Butte Search and Rescue Inc ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $260k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $260k.