Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Cogan Station, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2023, 3 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, Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $172k and spending of $221k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $168k to $172k (+2.7%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company 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 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Monroe Community Fire Department Inc ($172k), Orange Co Rural Volunteer Fire Department District 1 ($173k) and Friendship Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($172k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $540k against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $453k.