Volunteer Fire Department of Brandywine Inc

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending September 2023, Volunteer Fire Department of Brandywine Inc reported income of $101k and spending of $238k, spending 235% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $119k to $101k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Volunteer Fire Department of Brandywine Inc sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eldredsville Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($101k), Pecan Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($102k) and Granville Coop Volunteer Fire Department ($101k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $958k against liabilities of $339k, net assets of $619k.