Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Stockdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2021, 5 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, Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $464k and spending of $278k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $225k to $464k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Airville Volunteer Fire Company ($464k), Ellendale Volunteer Fire Department ($465k) and Community Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsu ($464k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $546k, net assets of $869k.