Bedford Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Bedford Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1999, 27 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, Bedford Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $358k and spending of $342k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $602k to $358k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Bedford Volunteer Fire Department 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 Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council Inc ($358k), Tri-County Firesafe Working Group ($358k) and Perdido Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($358k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.1m against liabilities of $728k, net assets of $5.3m.