Taunton Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Taunton Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Syracuse, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2004, 22 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, Taunton Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $761k and spending of $819k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $656k to $761k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Taunton Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Institute for Public Safety Health Inc ($761k), Faucette Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($762k) and Hilltown Community Ambulance Association Inc ($761k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.4% and program service revenue 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $2.7m, net assets of $4.4m.