Emergency Squad No 1 of Sidney Fire Dept of the Village of Sidney Inc

Analysis

Emergency Squad No 1 of Sidney Fire Dept of the Village of Sidney Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sidney, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Emergency Squad No 1 of Sidney Fire Dept of the Village of Sidney Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $1.7m (-5.3%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Emergency Squad No 1 of Sidney Fire Dept of the Village of Sidney Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($1.7m), Catawba Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.7m) and Smart and Final Charitable Foundation ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.1% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $787k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $239k, net assets of $944k. It reported 32 employees.