Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Egg HBR TWP, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 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, Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $82k and spending of $95k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $81k to $82k (+2.0%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croton Engine & Hose Co No1 Inc ($82k), Ossining Volunteer Fire Department Fund Raising Committee Inc ($83k) and Little Rice Atv Club Inc ($82k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $5,587 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $384k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $384k.