Hilltown Township Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Hilltown Township Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Line LXNGTN, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2015, 11 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, Hilltown Township Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $196k and spending of $158k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $128k to $196k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 113%. 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, Hilltown Township Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nelson Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($196k), Hampton Township Fire and Rescue Inc ($196k) and Kiantone Independent Fire Dept Inc ($196k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 3.6% of the total. It paid $2,751 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $184k, net assets of $922k.