Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Newville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $616k and spending of $341k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $373k to $616k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sewickley Township Community Ambulance Service ($616k), Lake Harmony Rescue Squad and Ambulance Corps Inc ($616k) and Tippecanoe Environmental Lake & Watershed Foundation Inc ($614k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.