Bath Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Bath Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bath, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 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, Bath Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $463k and spending of $423k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $457k to $463k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Bath Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Lexington Triangle Fire Department Inc ($463k), Ceredo Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($463k) and Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($463k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 75% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $1.1m.