Lancaster Township Fire Department

Analysis

Lancaster Township Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2011, 15 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, Lancaster Township Fire Department reported income of $988k and spending of $332k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $988k (-43%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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, Lancaster Township Fire Department sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walk San Francisco Foundation ($987k), Safety Council of Palm Beach County Inc ($990k) and Bright Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($986k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% of the total. It paid $5,911 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $4.4m.