Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Dept of Scott Township

Analysis

Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Dept of Scott Township is a registered charity in United States, based in Bridgeville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Dept of Scott Township reported income of $318k and spending of $255k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $366k to $318k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 16%. 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, Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Dept of Scott Township sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farmington Volunteer Fire Department ($317k), Clintwood Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($319k) and Palm Beach County Pal Inc ($317k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $424k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 6 employees.