Berkeley Hills Fire Company

Analysis

Berkeley Hills Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 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 2022, Berkeley Hills Fire Company reported income of $266k and spending of $227k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $230k to $266k (+16%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Berkeley Hills Fire Company sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Columbia Fire Company 1 ($265k), Hispanic Police Officers Association ($266k) and Lauderdale-Lagrange Fire Dept Inc ($265k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $717k against liabilities of $301k, net assets of $416k.