Carnegie Volunteer Fire and Rescue Bureau

Analysis

Carnegie Volunteer Fire and Rescue Bureau is a registered charity in United States, based in Carnegie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 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, Carnegie Volunteer Fire and Rescue Bureau reported income of $302k and spending of $142k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $197k to $302k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 481%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Carnegie Volunteer Fire and Rescue Bureau sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Raphine Volunteer Fire Company ($302k), Perrysville Volunteer Fire Company ($302k) and Alleghany County Rescue Squad Inc ($302k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m.