Rutherford Fire Engine Company No 2

Analysis

Rutherford Fire Engine Company No 2 is a registered charity in United States, based in Rutherford, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, Rutherford Fire Engine Company No 2 reported income of $50k and spending of $46k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $53k to $50k (-4.9%), an average of -4.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Rutherford Fire Engine Company No 2 sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vermontville Fire Department Members Association ($50k), Chelan County Fire District No 3 Volunteer Firefighters Association ($50k) and Dimes From the Heart Inc ($50k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $22k.