Bedington Volunteer Fire Departmentinc

Analysis

Bedington Volunteer Fire Departmentinc is a registered charity in United States, based in Martinsburg, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1980, 46 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, Bedington Volunteer Fire Departmentinc reported income of $385k and spending of $328k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $294k to $385k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 194%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Bedington Volunteer Fire Departmentinc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holly Grove Fire Department Inc ($385k), Clarks Summit Fire Company No 1 Inc ($386k) and Possum Kingdom West Side Volunteer Fire Department ($385k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $986k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $986k.