Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Pikesville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1974, 52 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, Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $739k and spending of $805k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $654k to $739k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 18%. 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, Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broad River Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc ($738k), Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management Incorporated ($740k) and Hawaii Bicycling League ($738k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $56k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $895k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 9 employees.