Chester Township Fire Company

Analysis

Chester Township Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Chester, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Chester Township Fire Company reported income of $182k and spending of $148k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $92k to $182k (+98%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Chester Township Fire Company sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jefferson Terrace Village of New Iberia Inc ($182k), Handicapped Housing of Spring Grove Inc ($182k) and Armenia-Eddy Apartments Inc ($182k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $170k against liabilities of $120k, net assets of $50k.