Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Jefferson TWP, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1992, 34 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, Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $234k and spending of $171k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $166k to $234k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bolton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept Inc ($234k), Shawswick Volunteer Firefighters Assn ($235k) and Rio Grande Fire Company No 1 Inc ($234k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 3.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.