Sandyston Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Sandyston Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Branchville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Sandyston Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $134k and spending of $139k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $178k to $134k (-25%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Sandyston Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hewlett Fire Department ($134k), Wilson Community Volunteer Fire Association ($134k) and Alaska Steamship Response Inc ($134k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. At year end it held assets of $487k against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $446k.