BEAR LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: BEAR LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (EIN 25-1672997)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-05-12
IRS object ID: 201521329349300827
Schema version: 2014v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-05-12T09:25:54-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	251208925	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DONALD W MARTIN PUBLIC ACCOU	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	310 LOTTSVILLE NIOBE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEAR LAKE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	16402	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	251672997	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BEAR LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BEAR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8146644811	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	315 CENTER STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEAR LAKE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	16402	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	EUGENE G CROSBY	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-04-22	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DONALD W MARTIN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00058960	PTIN
Phone	8144897819	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-04-20	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	EUGENE G CROSBY	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5473 ROUTE 958	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEAR LAKE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	16402	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$68,395	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	1953	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	PA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	FIRE PROTECTION FOR BEAR LAKE BOROUGH & SURROUNDING AREA	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	40	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$61,998	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$62,746	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$26	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,052	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$5,623	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$64,050	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$68,395	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$16,689	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$59,288	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$67,751	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$59,288	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$67,751	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,762	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$644	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$38,972	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$39,616	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$38,972	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$39,616	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION FOR BEAR LAKE BOROUGH & THE SURROUNDING AREA	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$50,093	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PROVIDES FIRE PROTECTION AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THE BEAR LAKE	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$50,093	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	40	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	EUGENE G CROSBY	PersonNm
Phone	8144897959	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5473 ROUTE 958	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEAR LAKE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	16402	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
GORDON SMITH
PRESIDENT	3	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MONTY JOHNSON
VICE-PRESIDENT	3	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BARBARA DUNN
SECRETARY	3	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EUGENE CROSBY
TREASURER	5	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Fundraising	$28,586	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$12,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$22,160	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$62,746	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$26	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$26	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$750	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$750	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$750	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISC RECEIPTS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$4,873	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,873	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$4,873	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$68,395	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,899	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,941	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,278	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$663	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,759	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,759	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,399	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,399	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
VEHICLE EXPENSES	$15,193	$15,193
EQUIPMENT EXPENSES	$9,152	$9,152
FUNDRAISING EXPENSES	$16,689		$16,689
POSTAGE & MISC EXP	$1,618	$1,312		$306

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$67,751	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50,093	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$969	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,689	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,484	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,861	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,330	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,356	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$10,060	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$5,661	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,158	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,399	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,616	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,616	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,616	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,616	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$644	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$10,060	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,661	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,399	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$4,399	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts Other Events	$28,586	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$28,586	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$16,689	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$28,586	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$28,586	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$16,689	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$16,689	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$11,897	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
990 part 6 line 11b	by officers at regular schedule meeting
990 PART 6 LINE 19	availeable upon written request
990 SCH G PART II - FUNDRAISING EVENTS	DOES NOT CURRENTLY TRACK BY EVENTS-LARGEST IS FAIR FOOD TENT

BEAR LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: Form 990, tax year 2014

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

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