Benton Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Benton Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Benton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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, Benton Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $149k and spending of $195k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $350k to $149k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Benton Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Towanda Fire and Rescue Volunteers ($149k), Avon Firemens Relief Association ($149k) and Greenfields Fire Company ($149k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 12% of the total. At year end it held assets of $858k against liabilities of $185k, net assets of $673k.