Rockaway Fire Department Association Inc

Analysis

Rockaway Fire Department Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockaway, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2013, 13 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, Rockaway Fire Department Association Inc reported income of $78k and spending of $85k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $74k to $78k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Rockaway Fire Department Association Inc 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 30th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meyersville Volunteer Fire Dept of Washington County ($78k), Craig County Rescue Squad Ems ($78k) and Beekman Fire Company Inc ($78k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $96k.