Blue Hill Fire Company

Analysis

Blue Hill Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Blue Hill, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 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 March 2023, Blue Hill Fire Company reported income of $103k and spending of $61k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income grew from $54k to $103k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, Blue Hill Fire Company sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Township of Washington Volunteer Fire Department ($103k), Tiltonsville Volunteer Fire Department ($103k) and PWS Road Maintenance Inc ($103k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.8m.