Worcester Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Worcester Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Worcester, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Worcester Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $1.7m and spending of $583k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $428k to $1.7m (+294%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 309%. 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, Worcester Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pleasant Garden Fire Department Incorporated ($1.7m), Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department ($1.7m) and Blooming Grove Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $362k, net assets of $4.2m.