Forest Hills Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Forest Hills Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2024, 2 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, Forest Hills Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $118k and spending of $152k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $695k to $118k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Forest Hills Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dennis Firefighters Association ($118k), Millington Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($118k) and Taos Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($118k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $189k, net assets of $1.2m.