Jefferson Township Fire Department No 1 of Milton

Analysis

Jefferson Township Fire Department No 1 of Milton is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Ridge, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2025. 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, Jefferson Township Fire Department No 1 of Milton reported income of $80k and spending of $98k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $92k to $80k (-13%), an average of -13% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, Jefferson Township Fire Department No 1 of Milton sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Palisade Company No 4 Fort Lee Fire Department ($80k), Weedsport Volunteer Fire Department ($80k) and Northford Volunteer Fire Department North Branford No 2 Incorporated ($80k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% of the total. At year end it held assets of $384k against liabilities of $3,147, net assets of $381k.