Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Hanover, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1993, 33 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, Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $538k and spending of $631k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $530k to $538k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Co 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 Fire Industry Education and Research Organization Inc ($538k), Stanley Volunteer Rural Fire Association ($540k) and South Orange Rescue Squad Inc ($538k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $11k (1.7% of expenses). It paid $8,272 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $299k, net assets of $3.6m.