Dover Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Dover Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Dover, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1997, 29 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, Dover Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $123k and spending of $152k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $197k to $123k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, Dover Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monroe Hose Co ($123k), Sturgeon Volunteer Fire Department ($123k) and West Ghent Vol Fire Co Inc ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 105% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $9,184. At year end it held assets of $744k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $733k. It reported 1 employees.