Bremen Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
FIRE PROTECTION, RESCUE AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
- Income
- $99,653
- Spending
- $153,449
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $78,258 spent. DURING THE TAX YEAR, THE BREMEN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (BCVFD) PROVIDED FIRE PROTECTION TO A RURAL AREA OF 60 SQ. MILES AND A POPULATION OF 3428. THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 83 REPORTS OF FIRE. A TOTAL OF 20 FALSE ALARMS WERE REPORTED, WHICH WERE TYPICALLY SMOKE/FIRE ALARMS AND SMOKE SCARES.
- $38,362 spent. IN PROVIDING ON SCENE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND RESCUE SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT SERVED THE SAME AREA AS THAT GIVEN FIRE PROTECTION. THE BCVFD RESPONDED TO 189 RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSES.
- $36,827 spent. IN ADDITION TO FIRE, RESCUE AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, THE BCVFD ALSO RESPONDS TO OTHER INCIDENTS WHEN REQUESTED. THESE INCLUDE ITEMS SUCH AS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WITHOUT INJURY, COVER ASSIGNMENTS, TRAFFIC CONTROL, POWER OUTAGES, ANIMAL WELFARE, LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE, HAZARDOUS RESPONES AND MISCELLANEOUS CALLS. THERE WERE 35 SUCH CALLS IN THE TAX YEAR. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDED FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION TO THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SOME CHURCHES.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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