Smock Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Smock Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Smock, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Smock Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $135k and spending of $112k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $180k to $135k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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, Smock Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waddington Rescue Squad Inc ($135k), Washington District Volunteer Fire Company ($135k) and Civitas Lancaster ($135k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $245k against liabilities of $53k, net assets of $192k.