Westport Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Westport Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Westport, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Westport Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation reported income of $193k and spending of $205k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $81k to $193k (+140%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Westport Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstones of Care Foundation ($193k), Flagler Volunteer Services Inc ($193k) and United Way of Fulton County ($193k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $223k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $223k.