Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsgrove, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2005, 21 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 (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, Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $52k and spending of $31k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $63k to $52k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grinnell Volunteer Firefighters Association ($52k), Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary ($52k) and Arkansas Operation Lifesaver Inc ($52k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $1.3m.