Bellwood Excelsior Firehall Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Bellwood Excelsior Firehall Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellwood, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2020, 6 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, Bellwood Excelsior Firehall Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $297k and spending of $153k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $272k to $297k (+9.2%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, Bellwood Excelsior Firehall Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evansville Police Department Foundation Inc ($297k), Cashtown Community Fire Co ($298k) and East Fork Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($297k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $3.3m.