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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNION HOOK AND LADDER CO NO 1 OF BEDMINSTER-FAR HILLS NEW JERSEY.

Totals

Total revenue
$328,364
Total expenses
$292,986
Contributions and grants received
$216,169
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$31,846
Other revenue
$80,349
Total assets, end of year
$2,697,377
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,697,377
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$276,909
Management and general expenses
$7,325
Fundraising expenses
$8,752
Program service expenses (Part III)
$276,909

Program services were 94.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $133,668

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,501

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,846 · excluded $31,846

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $98,514

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,517

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $73,997 · excluded $73,997

  • 11a · Other revenue: COST REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $5,852 · excluded $5,852

  • 11b · Other revenue: SALE OF USED EQUIPMENT

    total $500 · excluded $500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,352

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,700 · management and general $2,700

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,331 · program services $8,370 · management and general $930 · fundraising $2,031

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,481 · program services $13,757 · management and general $724

  • 20 · Interest

    total $190 · program services $180 · management and general $10

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $70,106 · program services $68,003 · management and general $2,103

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,278 · program services $7,278

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRUCK REPAIRS

    total $62,078 · program services $62,078

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, TOOLS

    total $45,335 · program services $45,335

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP AND EVENTS

    total $23,534 · program services $23,534

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUILDING AND GROUNDS

    total $17,156 · program services $16,298 · management and general $858

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $38,797 · program services $32,076 · fundraising $6,721

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,608 · end of year -$6,291

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $854,499 · end of year $955,298

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,978,834

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,230,464

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,804,291 · end of year $1,748,370

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $17,399

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,661,999 · end of year $2,697,377

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

UNION HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1 OF BEDMINSTER - FAR HILLS, NEW JERSEY (KNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE FAR HILLS-BEDMINSTER FIRE DEPARTMENT) IS A VOLUNTEER FIRE-FIGHTING ORGANIZATION WHICH SERVES THE TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER AND THE BOROUGH OF FAR HILLS IN SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INCLUDE VEHICLE EXTRICATION, WATER RESCUE, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AND FIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION.

  • THE COMPANY RESPONDS TO OVER 500 FIRE CALLS EACH YEAR. THE COMPANY IS ON CONSTANT ALERT (24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS PER YEAR), STRIVING TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES ARE: 1. CONDUCTING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE FIREHOUSE. 2. ENSURING THAT FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT CONFORMS TO CURRENT STANDARDS. 3. REPLACEMENT OF WORN-OUT OR OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT. 4. EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION.

    Expenses $276,909

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ronald Kennedy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Jack Reeves

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Duane Kavanaugh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brian Wilde

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Carson Brienza

    CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Jason Groendyk

    ASSISTANT CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • George Petrie

    CAPTAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dan Kozaryn

    CAPTAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Adam Segal

    CAPTAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523089349302577

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