Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Orrtanna, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1982, 44 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $942k and spending of $539k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $396k to $942k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Atwater Park Center ($941k), Tampa Bay Junior Lightning Inc ($942k) and Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($941k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.0m.