Bergen Fire Department

Analysis

Bergen Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Bergen, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 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, Bergen Fire Department reported income of $363k and spending of $294k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $421k to $363k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Bergen Fire Department sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fort Johnson Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($363k), Stone Lake Fire Department ($363k) and Sullivan West Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($363k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.1% and program service revenue 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $374k, net assets of $1.4m.