Bloomsburg Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Bloomsburg Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 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, Bloomsburg Fire Department Inc reported income of $195k and spending of $285k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $267k to $195k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Bloomsburg Fire Department Inc sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aguilas Del Desierto ($195k), Erie Police Athletic League ($195k) and Paul Smiths-Gabriels Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($195k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.