Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Hustontown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 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, Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $560k and spending of $369k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $169k to $560k (+232%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. 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, Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Volunteer Fire Department of Bowleys Quarters & Vicinity Inc ($560k), West Hills Regional Fire Department Inc ($560k) and Kiefer Foundation ($559k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 12% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $169k, net assets of $1.6m.