Otter Lake Fire Co Inc

Analysis

Otter Lake Fire Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Forestport, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Otter Lake Fire Co Inc reported income of $178k and spending of $147k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $250k to $178k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Otter Lake Fire Co Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crisis Response Canines ($178k), Racine Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($178k) and Elite Public Safety Consulting Inc ($178k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $511k against liabilities of $67k, net assets of $444k.