Brookhaven Fire Company

Analysis

Brookhaven Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookhaven, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1992, 34 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Brookhaven Fire Company reported income of $998k and spending of $1.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $551k to $998k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Brookhaven Fire Company sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Hartford All Sports Council Inc ($998k), Presbyterian Homes of Charlotte Inc ($998k) and Canton Day Care Center Inc ($998k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $319k. It paid $9,287 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $342k, net assets of $1.4m.