Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Kunkletown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2022, 4 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, Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $174k and spending of $92k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $135k to $174k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakewood First Aid & Emergency Squad Inc ($174k), Atlantic County Firemens Association of New Jersey Inc ($174k) and Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department ($173k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.8m.