Baden Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Baden Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Baden, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 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, Baden Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $321k and spending of $300k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $119k to $321k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 419%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Baden Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Afscme Fallen Heroes Fund ($321k), Tuckahoe Volunteer Fire Company ($321k) and Skaneateles Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($320k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 5.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $425k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $425k.