Berwyn Fire Company

Analysis

Berwyn Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Berwyn, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1984, 42 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, Berwyn Fire Company reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $2.5m (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Berwyn Fire Company sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department ($2.5m), Troutman Fire Department Inc ($2.5m) and Hollidaysburg American Legion ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $498k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 45 employees.