Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department Fund Drive

Analysis

Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department Fund Drive is a registered charity in United States, based in Rutherford, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 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 Volunteer Fire Department Fund Drive reported income of $70k and spending of $61k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $34k to $70k (+105%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Volunteer Fire Department Fund Drive sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverview Manor Hose Co No 3 ($70k), Inter Tribal Long Term Recovery Foundation ($70k) and Plantersville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($70k).

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 $20k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $20k.