Athens Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Athens Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Sayre, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2022, 4 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Athens Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $293k and spending of $269k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $225k to $293k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Athens Township Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weber City Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($293k), Potomac Valley Fire Company Inc ($293k) and Elsanor Volunteer Fire Department ($293k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $58k, net assets of $1.3m.