Hope and Jackson Fire Company

Analysis

Hope and Jackson Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Hope, RI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1989, 37 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 March 2024, Hope and Jackson Fire Company reported income of $165k and spending of $143k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2024, income fell from $181k to $165k (-8.5%), an average of -8.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Hope and Jackson Fire Company sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within RI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gardnerville Fire Department Inc ($165k), Oak Level Volunteer Fire Association ($165k) and Back Creek Valley Volunteer Fire Company ($165k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $202k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $202k.