Gilbertsville Fire & Rescue Company

Analysis

Gilbertsville Fire & Rescue Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Gilbertsville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2007, 19 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 2021, Gilbertsville Fire & Rescue Company reported income of $410k and spending of $203k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $383k to $410k (+7.0%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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, Gilbertsville Fire & Rescue Company sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hand in Hand Fire Company ($409k), Patterson Volunteer Fire Departmentinc ($410k) and Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($409k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $3,303 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $1.2m.