Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Lehighton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2006, 20 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 2022, Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $348k and spending of $209k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $266k to $348k (+31%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Forge Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($348k), Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company ($349k) and Whitehall Fire Company ($348k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 1.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.