Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Bergheim, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2006, 20 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, Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $420k and spending of $399k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $213k to $420k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($420k), Marilla Fire Company Inc ($421k) and Warriors Mark-Franklin Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($419k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $315k, net assets of $1.4m.