North Towanda Fire and Rescue Volunteers

Analysis

North Towanda Fire and Rescue Volunteers is a registered charity in United States, based in Towanda, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1999, 27 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, North Towanda Fire and Rescue Volunteers reported income of $149k and spending of $94k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $137k to $149k (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 51% 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, North Towanda Fire and Rescue Volunteers sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenfields Fire Company ($149k), Benton Volunteer Fire Company ($149k) and Huntington Fire Company Incorporated ($149k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $400k, net assets of $1.8m.