Tri-Town Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Tri-Town Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Ulysses, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2000, 26 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, Tri-Town Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $104k and spending of $110k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $111k to $104k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Tri-Town Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St John Fire Dept Inc ($103k), Jordan Kowaliga Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($104k) and Pharsalia Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($103k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 42% of the total. At year end it held assets of $414k against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $389k.