Baltimore Pike Vol Fire Co Inc

Analysis

Baltimore Pike Vol Fire Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cumberland, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2026. 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, Baltimore Pike Vol Fire Co Inc reported income of $165k and spending of $209k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $294k to $165k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 563%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Baltimore Pike Vol Fire Co Inc sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jacksons Mill Volunteer Fire Department ($165k), Gunflint Trail Fire Department ($165k) and East Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($165k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $748k against liabilities of $221k, net assets of $528k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.