Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Lafayette HL, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2017, 9 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, Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $586k and spending of $677k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $798k to $586k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coyote Crisis Collaborative ($585k), Hillcrest Fire Department ($586k) and Stockton Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($585k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $30k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $121k. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 13 employees.