East Dover Volunteer Fire Co No 4

Analysis

East Dover Volunteer Fire Co No 4 is a registered charity in United States, based in Toms River, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1991, 35 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, East Dover Volunteer Fire Co No 4 reported income of $171k and spending of $174k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $238k to $171k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 53% 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, East Dover Volunteer Fire Co No 4 sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Penn Fire Company No 1 Inc ($171k), Mountain Creek Fire Department Inc ($171k) and Evington Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($171k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $1.6m.