Winchester Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Winchester Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Winchester, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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 June 2023, Winchester Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $221k and spending of $24k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $71k to $221k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 23% 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, Winchester Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eldorado Brookview Volunteer Fire Company ($221k), Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative ($221k) and Crittenden Voluntary Fire Dept Inc ($221k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $1, net assets of $1.2m.