Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY
BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,821 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($28,421). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $498k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Belmont Hills Fire Company does
Mission
The Belmont Hills Fire Company (bhfc) provides safety education, first class fire protection and heavy rescue services to the belmont hills and penn valley communities, as well as serving as the primary rescue unit for all of lower merion township and the eight mile section of interstate 76 running through lower merion township. From its inception in 1919 as the west manayunk fire company (the name was changed in 1960 to reflect a change in the name of the surrounding community) through the present day, bhfc has grown in numbers and modernized its equipment and procedures to make sure that it can seve its community with the best in fire-fighting and rescue services. Bhfc is the only official rescue company located in the township. While it is an independent organization, bhfc is also a member company of lower merion township's fire department and was first recognized as a part of that department in 1920. As set forth in more detail in part ix, bhfc receives a large portion of its finan
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public safety education and maintenance of staff of firefighting personnel and firefighting equipment
$577,812 spent92% of program spendingPublic safety education and maintenance of staff of firefighting personnel and firefighting equipment
$51,244 spent8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $629,056.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.4M to $1.5M (+11%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 84% · 2018 87% · 2019 85% · 2020 8% · 2021 1% · 2023 7% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $50.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
92% of BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY's revenue grew 32% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY?
- BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,821 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($28,421). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $30,821 in grants to BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $28,421 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BELMONT HILLS FIRE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing