R W & B T Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

R W & B T Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Robertsdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, R W & B T Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $278k and spending of $311k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $212k to $278k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, R W & B T Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The East New Market Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($278k), Colonial Park Fire Company No 1 ($279k) and Pilot Knob Volunteer Fire Departmen T Inc ($278k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $1.3m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.