Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Bowmanstown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1998, 28 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, Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $168k and spending of $143k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $110k to $168k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hanover Area Fire District Inc ($168k), Indian Mills Volunteer Fire Co ($168k) and Duii Multi-Disciplinary Training Task Force ($167k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $8,100 (5.7% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $611k against liabilities of $89k, net assets of $522k. It reported 10 employees.