Shanksville Vol Fire Co

Analysis

Shanksville Vol Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Shanksville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 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, Shanksville Vol Fire Co reported income of $257k and spending of $134k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $147k to $257k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Shanksville Vol Fire Co sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goodwill Fire Co No 1 Jacobus Pa ($257k), Kashmiri American Society for Healthcare Medical Education and R ($257k) and Newburg Fire Association ($257k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $381k, net assets of $2.3m.