Fairview Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Fairview Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Bridgeville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2022, 4 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fairview Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $244k and spending of $116k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $217k to $244k (+12%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 42% 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, Fairview Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Through Colors ($244k), Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association Inc ($245k) and Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($244k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $217k, net assets of $4.2m.