Volunteer Fire Company of Mt Lebanon Inc

Analysis

Volunteer Fire Company of Mt Lebanon Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2001, 25 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 November 2023, Volunteer Fire Company of Mt Lebanon Inc reported income of $291k and spending of $265k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income fell from $312k to $291k (-6.7%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Volunteer Fire Company of Mt Lebanon Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big Island Volunteer Fire Co ($291k), National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators ($291k) and Falling Spring Fire Dept Inc ($291k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $7,600 (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $93k. It paid $8,700 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $700k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $700k. It reported 44 employees.