Whiting Volunteer Fire Company No 1 of Manchester Township

Analysis

Whiting Volunteer Fire Company No 1 of Manchester Township is a registered charity in United States, based in Whiting, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 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, Whiting Volunteer Fire Company No 1 of Manchester Township reported income of $256k and spending of $378k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $292k to $256k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Whiting Volunteer Fire Company No 1 of Manchester Township sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compound of Compassion ($256k), Navarino Fire Department Inc ($257k) and Ashville Vol Fire Co ($256k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 8.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $860k, net assets of $1.7m.