Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Wyalusing, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2010, 16 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, Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $199k and spending of $121k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $124k to $199k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department 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 54th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Byron Fire Department No 1 Inc ($199k), Reclaimed Ministries Inc ($200k) and Ona Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($199k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 2.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $1.3m.