BJW Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

BJW Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Woodland, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1999, 27 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, BJW Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $340k and spending of $45k, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $56k to $340k (+502%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 227%. Over the whole period it spent 39% 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, BJW Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fleetwood Vol Fire Co 1 ($339k), Peters Township Volunteer Fire Company ($340k) and Cheltenham Hook and Ladder Company No 1 ($339k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 6.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $572k against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $545k.