Firefighters Charitable Foundation Inc

Analysis

Firefighters Charitable Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Farmingdale, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Firefighters Charitable Foundation Inc reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $3.4m (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Firefighters Charitable Foundation Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baptist Health Foundation of Birmingham Inc ($3.4m), Coalition for Barrier Free Living ($3.4m) and Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $141k. It paid $2.8m in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $561k against liabilities of $327k, net assets of $234k. It reported 4 employees.