Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Bridgeport, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 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, Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $428k and spending of $354k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $309k to $428k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. 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, Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quarryville Fire Company Number One ($427k), Cullasaja Gorge Fire and Rescue Inc ($428k) and The Crooked Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department ($427k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $33k (9.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $446k against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $418k.