Bedford Firemans Relief Association

Analysis

Bedford Firemans Relief Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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, Bedford Firemans Relief Association reported income of $275k and spending of $69k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $314k to $275k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 49% 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, Bedford Firemans Relief Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manheim Township Fire Rescue Volunteer Firefighters Relief Asso ($275k), North Hampton Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($275k) and Pipers Gap Rescue Squad Inc ($275k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.