Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne

Analysis

Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne is a registered charity in United States, based in Luzerne, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 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, Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne reported income of $69k and spending of $49k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $69k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Schodack Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($69k), Safe Communities Coalition of Pitt County Inc ($69k) and Cannon Beach Fire & Rescue ($69k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $982k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $982k.