Newberry Township Fire Department

Analysis

Newberry Township Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Etters, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Newberry Township Fire Department reported income of $119k and spending of $145k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $610k to $119k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Newberry Township Fire Department sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Coleman Volunteer Fire Department and Community Center in ($119k), Jefferson Hills Fire & Rescue Relief Association ($119k) and Brier Hill Fire Company Inc ($119k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $601k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $601k.