Slocum Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Slocum Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Wapwallopen, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2014, 12 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, Slocum Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 reported income of $90k and spending of $72k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $204k to $90k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Slocum Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Durand Fire Relief Association Inc ($90k), Utica Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($90k) and Friends of Tampa Firefighters Inc ($90k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $435k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $435k.