Burnham Fire Company

Analysis

Burnham Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Burnham, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Burnham Fire Company reported income of $454k and spending of $332k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $274k to $454k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Burnham Fire Company sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fire Companies of Malta Inc ($454k), Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Department ($454k) and Mineral Wells VFD Inc ($454k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.2m.