Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Co No 3

Analysis

Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Co No 3 is a registered charity in United States, based in Lower Burrell, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2026. 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, Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Co No 3 reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $964k to $1.1m (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Co No 3 sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Governors Hurricane Conference Inc ($1.1m), Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc ($1.1m) and International Public Safety Data Institute ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 63% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $483k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $129k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 15 employees.