Fountain Dale Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Fountain Dale Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfield, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fountain Dale Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $108k and spending of $55k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $242k to $108k (-55%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 58% 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, Fountain Dale Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vashon Be Prepared ($108k), Mono County Sheriff Search & Rescue ($108k) and Fire Chiefs Association of Santa Barbara County ($108k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. At year end it held assets of $548k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $548k.