Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Wapwallopen, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1984, 42 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, Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $361k and spending of $502k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $84k to $361k (+331%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Telford Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($361k), Monroe Vol Fire Dept No 1 Inc ($361k) and Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Fire Company No 1 ($360k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $267k. At year end it held assets of $757k against liabilities of $404k, net assets of $353k.