Aston Township Fire Department

Analysis

Aston Township Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Aston, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1994, 32 years ago. 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, Aston Township Fire Department reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $733k to $1.2m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Aston Township Fire Department sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Booth Residence Inc ($1.2m), Mitchell County Agricultural Society ($1.2m) and San Francisco Senior and Disability Action ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 48% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $550k. It paid $21k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $535k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 19 employees.