| Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Co Inc |
| Employer Identification Number (EIN) | 900175944 |
| Name of Organization | Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Co Inc |
| Address | 429 Old Colchester Rd, Salem, CT 06420-3748 |
| Subsection | Charitable Organization |
| Ruling Date | 07/2005 |
| Deductibility | Contributions are deductible |
| Foundation | Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public |
| Organization | Corporation |
| Exempt Organization Status | Unconditional Exemption |
| Tax Period | 06/2011 |
| Assets | $100,000 to $499,999 |
| Income | $100,000 to $499,999 |
| Filing Requirement | 990 (all other) or 990EZ return |
| Asset Amount | $418,788 |
| Amount of Income | $249,445 |
| Form 990 Revenue Amount | $246,841 |
| National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) | Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief: Fire Prevention, Protection, Control |
| Revenue, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances |
| 2002 |
|---|
| Total revenue | $185,716 |
| Contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts received | $116,821 |
| Contributions to donor advised funds | |
| Direct public support | $15,627 |
| Indirect public support | $0 |
| Government contributions (grants) | $101,194 |
| Program service revenue including government fees and contracts | $56,665 |
| Membership dues and assessments | $210 |
| Interest on savings and temporary cash investments | $1,212 |
| Dividends and interest from securities | $0 |
| Net rental income or (loss) | $0 |
| Gross rents | $0 |
| Less: rental expenses | $0 |
| Other investment income | $0 |
| Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than inventory | $0 |
| Gross amount from sales of assets other than inventory | $0 |
| Less: cost or other basis and sales expenses | $0 |
| Net income or (loss) from special events and activities | $8,080 |
| Gross revenue | $18,715 |
| Less: direct expenses other than fundraising expenses | $10,635 |
| Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory | $0 |
| Gross sales of inventory, less returns and allowances | $0 |
| Less: cost of goods sold | $0 |
| Other revenue | $2,728 |
| Total expenses | $136,069 |
| Program services | $126,311 |
| Management and general | $9,758 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to affiliates | $0 |
| Net assets or fund balances at end of year | $174,473 |
| Excess or (deficit) for the year | $49,647 |
| Net assets or fund balances at beginning of year | $124,826 |
| Other changes in net assets or fund balances | $0 |
| Statement of Functional Expenses (for 2002) |
| Total | Program services | Management and general | Fundraising |
|---|
| Total functional expenses | $136,069 | $126,311 | $9,758 | $0 |
| Grants paid from donor advised funds | | | | |
| Other grants and allocations | | $0 | | |
| Specific assistance to individuals | | $0 | | |
| Benefits paid to or for members | | $0 | | |
| Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees, etc. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Compensation of former officers, directors, key employees, etc. | | | | |
| Compensation and other distributions, not included above, to disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B) | | | | |
| Salaries and wages of employees not included above | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pension plan contributions not included above | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Employee benefits not included above | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Payroll taxes | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Professional fundraising fees | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Accounting fees | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Legal fees | $3,511 | $0 | $3,511 | $0 |
| Supplies | $15,159 | $13,643 | $1,516 | $0 |
| Telephone | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Postage and shipping | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Occupancy | $1,516 | $1,364 | $152 | $0 |
| Equipment rental and maintenance | $684 | $684 | $0 | $0 |
| Printing and publications | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Travel | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Conferences, conventions, and meetings | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Interest | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Depreciation, depletion, etc. | $8,187 | $7,368 | $819 | $0 |
| Other expenses not covered above | $107,012 | $103,252 | $3,760 | $0 |
| Balance Sheets |
| 2002 |
|---|
| Total assets | $174,473 |
| Cash - non-interest-bearing | $141,965 |
| Savings and temporary cash investments | $0 |
| Accounts receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts | $11,413 |
| Pledges receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts | $0 |
| Grants receivable | $0 |
| Receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, and key employees | $0 |
| Receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B) | |
| Other notes and loans receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts | $0 |
| Inventories for sale or use | $0 |
| Prepaid expenses and deferred charges | $0 |
| Investments - publicly-traded securities | |
| Investments - other securities | $0 |
| Investments - land, buildings, and equipment less accumulated depreciation | $0 |
| Investments - other | $0 |
| Land, buildings, and equipment less accumulated depreciation | $21,093 |
| Other assets, including program-related investments | $2 |
| Total liabilities | $0 |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $0 |
| Grants payable | $0 |
| Deferred revenue | $0 |
| Loans from officers, directors, trustees, and key employees | $0 |
| Tax-exempt bond liabilities | $0 |
| Mortgages and other notes payable | $0 |
| Other liabilities | $0 |
| Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances | $174,473 |
| Total net assets or fund balances | $174,473 |
| Total number of officers, directors, and trustees permitted to vote on organization business at board meetings | 0 |
| Are any officers, directors, trustees, or key employees listed in Form 990, Part V-A, or highest compensated employees listed in Schedule A, Part I, or highest compensated professional and other independent contractors listed in Schedule A, Part II-A or II-B, related to each other through family or business relationships? | |
| Do any officers, directors, trustees, or key employees listed in Form 990, Part V-A, or highest compensated employees listed in Schedule A, Part I, or highest compensated professional and other independent contractors listed in Schedule A, Part II-A or II-B, receive compensation from any other organizations, whether tax exempt or taxable, that are related to the organization? | |
| Does the organization have a written conflict of interest policy? | |
| Other Information |
| Did the organization have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year covered by this return, and has it filed a tax return on Form 990-T for this year? | Yes |
| Was there a liquidation, dissolution, termination, or substantial contraction during the year? | No |
| Is the organization related (other than by association with a statewide or nationwide organization) through common membership, governing bodies, trustees, officers, etc., to any other exempt or nonexempt organization? | No |
| Direct and indirect political expenditures | $0 |
| Did the organization file Form 1120-POL for this year? | No |
| Were substantially all dues nondeductible by members? | No |
| Did the organization make only in-house lobbying expenditures of $2,000 or less? | No |
| Dues, assessments, and similar amounts from members | $0 |
| Section 162(e) lobbying and political expenditures | $0 |
| Aggregate nondeductible amount of section 6033(e)(1)(A) dues notices | $0 |
| Taxable amount of lobbying and political expenditures | $0 |
| Does the organization elect to pay the section 6033(e) tax on the amount above? | No |
| If section 6033(e)(1)(A) dues notices were sent, does the organization agree to add the amount above to its reasonable estimate of dues allocable to nondeductible lobbying and political expenditures for the following tax year? | No |
| Initiation fees and capital contributions | $0 |
| Gross receipts for public use of club facilities | $0 |
| At any time during the year, did the organization, directly or indirectly, own a controlled entity within the meaning of section 512(b)(13)? | |
| Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: section 4911 | $0 |
| Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: section 4912 | $0 |
| Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: section 4955 | $0 |
| Did the organization engage in any section 4958 excess benefit transaction during the year or did it become aware of an excess benefit transaction from a prior year? | No |
| Amount of tax imposed on the organization managers or disqualified persons during the year under sections 4912, 4955, and 4958 | $0 |
| Amount of tax above, reimbursed by the organization | $0 |
| At any time during the tax year, was the organization a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction? | |
| Did the organization acquire a direct or indirect interest in any applicable insurance contract? | |
| Did the supporting organization, or a fund maintained by a sponsoring organization, have excess business holdings at any time during the year? | |
| Number of employees employed in the pay period that includes March 12, 2006 | 0 |
| Analysis of Income-Producing Activities (for 2002) |
| Unrelated business income | Excluded by section 512, 513, or 514 | Related or exempt function income |
|---|
| Business code | Amount | Exclusion code | Amount |
|---|
| Total | | $1,970 | | $10,050 | $56,875 |
| Program service revenue |
| Program service revenue 1 | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $54,760 |
| Program service revenue 2 | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $1,905 |
| Program service revenue 3 | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Program service revenue 4 | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Program service revenue 5 | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Medicare/Medicaid payments | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Fees and contracts from government agencies | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues and assessments | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $210 |
| Interest on savings and temporary cash investments | 000000 | $0 | Dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, annuities, income from notional principal contracts, loan commitment fees, and other substantially similar income from ordinary and routine investments excluded by section 512(b)(1) | $1,212 | $0 |
| Dividends and interest from securities | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Net rental income or (loss) from real estate |
| debt-financed property | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| not debt-financed property | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Net rental income or (loss) from personal property | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Other investment income | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than inventory | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income or (loss) from special events | 000000 | $0 | Income from an activity that is not regularly carried on (section 512(a)(1)) | $6,110 | $0 |
| Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory | 000000 | $0 | 00 | $0 | $0 |
| Other revenue | All other amusement and recreation industries (including skiing facilities, marinas, and bowling centers) | $1,970 | Income from an activity in which labor is a material income-producing factor and substantially all (at least 85%) of the work is performed with unpaid labor (section 513(a)(1)) | $2,728 | $0 |
| Statements About Activities (for 2002) |
| Expenses paid or incurred in connection with the lobbying activities | $0 |
| Did the organization receive or hold an easement for conservation purposes, including easements to preserve open space, the environment, historic land areas or historic structures? | |
| Did the organization provide credit counseling, debt management, credit repair, or debt negotiation services? | |
| Did the organization maintain any donor advised funds? | |
| Did the organization make any taxable distributions under section 4966? | |
| Did the organization make a distribution to a donor, donor advisor, or related person? | |
| Enter the total number of donor advised funds owned at the end of the tax year | |
| Enter the aggregate value of assets held in all donor advised funds owned at the end of the tax year | |
| Enter the total number of separate funds or accounts owned at the end of the tax year (excluding donor advised funds included above) where donors have the right to provide advice on the distribution or investment of amounts in such funds or accounts | |
| Enter the aggregate value of assets held in all funds or accounts included above at the end of the tax year | |
| Support Schedule |
| 2001 |
|---|
| Total | $0 |
| Gifts, grants, and contributions received | $0 |
| Membership fees received | $0 |
| Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or furnishing of facilities in any activity that is related to the organization's charitable, etc., purpose | $0 |
| Gross income from interest, dividends, amounts received from payments on securities loans (section 512(a)(5)), rents, royalties, and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975 | $0 |
| Net income from unrelated business activities not included above | $0 |
| Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to it or expended on its behalf | $0 |
| The value of services or facilities furnished to the organization by a governmental unit without charge. Do not include the value of services or facilities generally furnished to the public without charge | $0 |
| Other income | $0 |
| Organizations performing similar types of work |
| Id | Name | Address | State | Established | Total Income |
|---|
| 1 | Refinery Terminal Fire Company | 4802 Up River Rd, Crp Christi, TX 78407-1722 | TX | 1995-06 | $14,697,605 |
| 2 | Spring Volunteer Fire Association | 3915 Fm 2920 Rd, Spring, TX 77388-3228 | TX | 2007-06 | $4,596,036 |
| 3 | Skyland Fire And Rescue Corporation | PO BOX 640, Skyland, NC 28776-0640 | NC | 2011-09 | $4,353,943 |
| 4 | Sterling Park Volunteer Fire Co Inc | PO BOX 651266, Sterling, VA 20165-1266 | VA | 2008-11 | $2,336,190 |
| 5 | Abingdon Fire Company | 3306 Abingdon Rd, Abingdon, MD 21009-1014 | MD | 2009-07 | $2,070,721 |
| 6 | Huntersville Fire Department Inc | PO BOX 471, Huntersville, NC 28070-0471 | NC | 2010-03 | $1,962,907 |
| 7 | Cochranton Volunteer Fire Department | PO BOX 655, Cochranton, PA 16314-0655 | PA | 1999-01 | $1,923,536 |
| 8 | Ashburn Vol Fire Dept Inc | 20688 Ashburn Rd, Ashburn, VA 20147-2364 | VA | 2000-10 | $1,745,960 |
| 9 | Kent Island Volunteer Fire Co | 1610 Main St, Chester, MD 21619-2790 | MD | 1992-05 | $1,717,048 |
| 10 | Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Co Inc | 429 Old Colchester Rd, Salem, CT 06420-3748 | CT | 2005-07 | $249,445 |
| 11 | Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company Inc | PO BOX 5111, Brookfield, CT 06804-5111 | CT | 1999-01 | $1,093,521 |
| 12 | End Hunger Connecticut Inc | 102 Hungerford St, Hartford, CT 06106-4626 | CT | 2002-05 | $775,763 |
| 13 | Mohegan Fire Company Inc | PO BOX 467, Uncasville, CT 06382-0467 | CT | 2001-02 | $459,842 |
| 14 | Farmington Fire Department Inc | PO BOX 200, Farmington, CT 06034-0200 | CT | 2003-11 | $392,620 |
| 15 | Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department | 23 Goshen Hill Rd, Lebanon, CT 06249 | CT | 2008-01 | $312,287 |
| 16 | Oakdale Volunteer Fire Company Inc | 444 Chapel Hill Rd, Oakdale, CT 06370-1401 | CT | 2009-03 | $298,696 |
| 17 | Amogerone Fire Co 1 Inc | PO BOX 121, Greenwich, CT 06836-0121 | CT | 2002-06 | $263,744 |
| 18 | Eastford Independent Fire Co No 1 | 6 Westford Road, Eastford, CT 06242 | CT | 2005-05 | $196,074 |
| 19 | Broad Brook Volunteer Fire Department Inc | 125 Main Street, Broad Brook, CT 06016 | CT | 2007-08 | $191,116 |
| 20 | North Coventry Volunteer Fire Department Inc | 3427 Main St, Coventry, CT 06238-1553 | CT | 2005-03 | $147,365 |
| 21 | Harwinton West Side Vol Fire Dept | 199 Scoville Hill Rd, Harwinton, CT 06791-1612 | CT | 2000-06 | $142,329 |
| 22 | Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation | 158 Burlington Rd, Harwington, CT 06791-2008 | CT | 2003-12 | $118,431 |
| 23 | Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue | PO BOX 3203, Newtown, CT 06470-3203 | CT | 1998-01 | $100,051 |
| 24 | Lakeville Hose Company | PO BOX 1969, Lakeville, CT 06039-1969 | CT | 1973-03 | $91,779 |
| 25 | Dodgington Volunteer Fire Co | PO BOX 783, Sandy Hook, CT 06482-0783 | CT | 2010-02 | $77,270 |
| 26 | Connecticut State Firefighters Association Inc | 30 David Humphrey Rd, Derby, CT 06418-2248 | CT | 2005-05 | $64,725 |
| 27 | Old Lyme Fire Deaprtment Inc | PO BOX 102, Old Lyme, CT 06371-0102 | CT | 2000-12 | $63,736 |
| 28 | Glenville Volunteer Fire Company Inc | 266 Glenville Rd, Greenwich, CT 06831-4150 | CT | 2004-04 | $52,196 |
| 29 | Cheshire Fire Departmentincorporated | 250 Maple Ave, Chesire, CT 06410-2505 | CT | 2006-03 | $50,006 |
| 30 | East Litchfield Volunteer Fire Company | 365 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT 06759-2900 | CT | 1999-02 | $47,961 |
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