Brentwood Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Brentwood Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 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, Brentwood Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $214k and spending of $265k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $168k to $214k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. 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, Brentwood Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leasburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($213k), Bethel Community Fire Protection Association Inc ($214k) and Lake Kabetogama Area Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($213k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. It paid $10k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $384, net assets of $2.2m.