First Volunteer Fire Company of Bergholz

Analysis

First Volunteer Fire Company of Bergholz is a registered charity in United States, based in Niagara Falls, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 December 2023, First Volunteer Fire Company of Bergholz reported income of $592k and spending of $488k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $463k to $592k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, First Volunteer Fire Company of Bergholz sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allied Emergency Services Inc ($592k), Philadelphia Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 of the Borough of Pottstown ($592k) and Luverne Rescue Squad Inc ($592k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $355k, net assets of $1.8m.