Brownsville Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Brownsville Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Brownsville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2022, 4 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, Brownsville Fire Company No 1 reported income of $114k and spending of $57k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $157k to $114k (-27%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 50% 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, Brownsville Fire Company No 1 sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reedsburg Rescue Fund Inc ($114k), Oceana Fire Association ($114k) and Danby Mt Tabor Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($114k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $78k, net assets of $2.9m.