Dunellen Defender Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Dunellen Defender Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Dunellen, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2012, 14 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, Dunellen Defender Fire Company No 1 reported income of $64k and spending of $24k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $22k to $64k (+187%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 46% 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, Dunellen Defender Fire Company No 1 sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerdale Fire Department Inc ($64k), Celina Volunteer Fire Department ($64k) and Fillmore Search and Rescue ($64k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $140k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $140k.