Utica Volunteer Fire Co and Relief Assoc

Analysis

Utica Volunteer Fire Co and Relief Assoc is a registered charity in United States, based in Utica, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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, Utica Volunteer Fire Co and Relief Assoc reported income of $325k and spending of $319k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $258k to $325k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Utica Volunteer Fire Co and Relief Assoc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include McMechen Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($325k), Susquehanna Fire Department Inc ($325k) and Shirley Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($325k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $443k against liabilities of $337k, net assets of $105k.