Berlin Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Berlin Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Berlin, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2010, 16 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, Berlin Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $94k and spending of $54k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $156k to $94k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, Berlin Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blue Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($94k), Glandorf Park Board Association Inc ($94k) and Indycog Inc ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.