Midway Volunteer Fire Co

Analysis

Midway Volunteer Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Lahaska, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2019, 7 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, Midway Volunteer Fire Co reported income of $504k and spending of $497k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $796k to $504k (-37%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Midway Volunteer Fire Co sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lower Paxton Township Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association ($504k), Albuquerque Regional Coalition for Healthcare Preparedness Arch-P ($505k) and Knox Area Vol Ambulance Co Inc ($504k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $67k, net assets of $3.0m.