Middletown Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Middletown Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Middletown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2025. 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Middletown Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $995k and spending of $887k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $216k to $995k (+361%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 235%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Middletown Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jefferson Fire Company No 1 ($993k), East Montpelier Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($996k) and Tigerville Fire District ($991k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 5.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $1.3m.