Kirwan Heights Volunteer Firemens Association

Analysis

Kirwan Heights Volunteer Firemens Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Bridgeville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 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, Kirwan Heights Volunteer Firemens Association reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.2m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.4m (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Kirwan Heights Volunteer Firemens Association sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Facilitators - Camp Ironhorse Inc ($2.4m), Galloway Township Ambulance Squad Inc ($2.4m) and Roane County Emergency Squad Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $349k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 58 employees.