Birdsboro-Union Fire Department

Analysis

Birdsboro-Union Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Birdsboro, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2010, 16 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, Birdsboro-Union Fire Department reported income of $1.0m and spending of $390k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $394k to $1.0m (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Birdsboro-Union Fire Department sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wingate Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.0m), Whitehouse First Aid & Rescue Squad Inc ($1.0m) and Zimmerman Fire Department Relief Association ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $71k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $767k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 10 employees.