Bart Township Fire Company

Analysis

Bart Township Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Bart, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 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, Bart Township Fire Company reported income of $367k and spending of $265k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $212k to $367k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Bart Township Fire Company sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ocracoke Fire Protection Assn Inc ($367k), Varna Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($367k) and Bloxom Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($367k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $112k, net assets of $1.7m.