Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $390k and spending of $364k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $164k to $390k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Washington Volunteer Fire Department ($390k), Bastrop County Long Term Recovery T Eam ($390k) and Houston Responds ($389k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $120k, net assets of $2.8m.