Pleasant Valley Community Fire Co

Analysis

Pleasant Valley Community Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Westminster, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2017, 9 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 June 2024, Pleasant Valley Community Fire Co reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.3m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.4m to $1.5m (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Pleasant Valley Community Fire Co sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Eagle Mountain Volunteer Fire Department ($1.5m), Climate Action Campaign ($1.5m) and Wexford Volunteer Fire Company No 1 of Pine Township ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.0% and program service revenue 64% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $614k. At year end it held assets of $6.3m against liabilities of $73k, net assets of $6.3m. It reported 28 employees.