Blue Point Fire Department

Analysis

Blue Point Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Blue Point, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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, Blue Point Fire Department reported income of $58k and spending of $56k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $69k to $58k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Blue Point Fire Department sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lawton Firefighters Association Incorporated ($58k), Heth Township Volunteer Fire Dept ($58k) and The Seale-Round Prairie Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation ($58k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 180% of the total. At year end it held assets of $103k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $103k.