Sigel Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Sigel Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Sigel, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1997, 29 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, Sigel Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $431k and spending of $184k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $138k to $431k (+213%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Sigel Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delaware County Board of Fire and Life Safety ($431k), Back Swamp VFD ($432k) and Westfall Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($431k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $175k, net assets of $1.3m.