Buckhorn Volunteer Community Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Buckhorn Volunteer Community Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2006, 20 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 2022, Buckhorn Volunteer Community Fire Company No 1 reported income of $272k and spending of $213k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $270k to $272k (+0.8%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Buckhorn Volunteer Community Fire Company No 1 sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greensburg Fire Department ($272k), Stafford Fire Dept No1 Inc ($272k) and Prudence Island Volunteer Fire Dept ($272k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% of the total. It paid $1,615 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $1.0m.