Dunbar Volunteer Fire Company 1

Analysis

Dunbar Volunteer Fire Company 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Dunbar, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2019, 7 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, Dunbar Volunteer Fire Company 1 reported income of $95k and spending of $75k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $95k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Dunbar Volunteer Fire Company 1 sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upper King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department ($95k), Houghton Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc ($95k) and Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue ($95k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% of the total. At year end it held assets of $228k against liabilities of $34k, net assets of $194k.