West Manchester Township Fire Department

Analysis

West Manchester Township Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in York, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 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, West Manchester Township Fire Department reported income of $531k and spending of $588k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $224k to $531k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, West Manchester Township Fire Department sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boalsburg Fire Company ($531k), Hartford Area Fire & Rescue Inc ($531k) and Sag Harbor Volunteer Fire Dept ($531k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 71% of the total. It paid $10k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $2,778, net assets of $2.0m.