Hegins Valley Fire Rescue

Analysis

Hegins Valley Fire Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Hegins, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2000, 26 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, Hegins Valley Fire Rescue reported income of $177k and spending of $169k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $110k to $177k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 227%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Hegins Valley Fire Rescue sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department ($177k), Colman Fire & Rescue Inc ($177k) and Edinburg Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($177k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $992k against liabilities of $244k, net assets of $748k.