Sellersville Fire Department

Analysis

Sellersville Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Sellersville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1995, 31 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Sellersville Fire Department reported income of $374k and spending of $631k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $357k to $374k (+4.9%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Sellersville Fire Department sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jefferson-Monroe Fire Department Inc ($374k), Darien Center Chemical Fire Company Inc ($374k) and Geeseytown Community Fire Company ($374k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. It paid $5,009 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $609k, net assets of $2.3m.