West Bradford Fire Co

Analysis

West Bradford Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in West Chester, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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, West Bradford Fire Co reported income of $307k and spending of $256k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $354k to $307k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, West Bradford Fire Co sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Everson Volunteer Fire Company of Everson Fayette County Pennsylvani ($307k), Fountain Fural Fire Association Inc ($307k) and Pamplin Volunteer Fire Dept ($307k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. It paid $1,923 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.