Brownsville Fire Company

Analysis

Brownsville Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Brownsville, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2026. 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, Brownsville Fire Company reported income of $275k and spending of $138k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $206k to $275k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 51% 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, Brownsville Fire Company 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 60th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids and Cars Inc ($275k), Pipers Gap Rescue Squad Inc ($275k) and Gouldsboro Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($274k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.