Broughton Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Broughton Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1976, 50 years ago. 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, Broughton Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $849k and spending of $489k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $617k to $849k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 316%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Broughton Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys & Girls Clubs of the Black Hills ($848k), Deering Estate Foundation Inc ($849k) and New England Dressage Association Inc ($848k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5.6m.