Boswell Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Boswell Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boswell, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Boswell Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $185k and spending of $132k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $356k to $185k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Boswell Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department ($185k), Riner Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($185k) and Fire Department of Ocean Beach Inc ($185k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% and program service revenue 41% of the total. It paid $1,470 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $330k against liabilities of $1, net assets of $330k.