Bloomsburg Volunteer Ambulance Association

Analysis

Bloomsburg Volunteer Ambulance Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bloomsburg Volunteer Ambulance Association reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $678k to $1.4m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Bloomsburg Volunteer Ambulance Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Upper Hominy Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated ($1.4m), Skull Camp Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($1.4m) and Idaho Sheriffs Association Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.4% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $341k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $1.6m.