Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc

Analysis

Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Berwyn HTS, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1992, 34 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc reported income of $713k and spending of $771k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $652k to $713k (+9.3%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($713k), Copa Safety & Education Foundation ($716k) and United Public Advocacy Inc ($713k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $740k, net assets of $3.4m.