Ringtown Valley Fire and Rescue

Analysis

Ringtown Valley Fire and Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Ringtown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 years ago. 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, Ringtown Valley Fire and Rescue reported income of $94k and spending of $106k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $87k to $94k (+8.4%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ringtown Valley Fire and Rescue sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little League Baseball Inc ($94k), FCL Educational Fund ($94k) and Master Gardener Association ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $364k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $289k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.