Mortlake Fire Company of Brooklyn Connecticut Inc

Analysis

Mortlake Fire Company of Brooklyn Connecticut Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2025. 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 June 2023, Mortlake Fire Company of Brooklyn Connecticut Inc reported income of $625k and spending of $805k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $610k to $625k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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, Mortlake Fire Company of Brooklyn Connecticut Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central School Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($624k), Howard County Volunteer Fire Department ($625k) and North Eastern Alamance Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($624k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 67% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $99k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $129k, net assets of $954k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.