Bolivar Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Bolivar Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Bolivar, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (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, Bolivar Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $138k and spending of $86k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $125k to $138k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, Bolivar Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roper Fire Department Inc ($138k), Norwood Fire Co 1 ($138k) and New Hope Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($137k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% of the total. It paid $1,275 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $400k, net assets of $1.0m.