Ralston Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Ralston Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ralston, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2021, 5 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, Ralston Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $93k and spending of $149k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $113k to $93k (-18%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Ralston Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sno-Trails Inc ($93k), Baldwinsville Vol Fire Co Inc ($93k) and Wawayanda Volun Fire Co Inc ($93k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $0.