Lower Providence Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Lower Providence Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Eagleville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1950, 76 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 June 2024, Lower Providence Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $1.1m and spending of $777k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $331k to $1.1m (+235%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 177%. 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, Lower Providence Township Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clay County Emergency and Rescue Squad Inc ($1.1m), Tellico Village Volunteer Fire Depa Rtment Inc ($1.1m) and Fairview Fire and Rescue ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $3.2m.