East End Volunteer Fire Department No 1

Analysis

East End Volunteer Fire Department No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Mercer, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2022, 4 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, East End Volunteer Fire Department No 1 reported income of $273k and spending of $440k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $263k to $273k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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, East End Volunteer Fire Department No 1 sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ronkonkoma Fire Department Inc ($273k), Accessos ($273k) and North Shenango Volunteer Fire Dept ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $672k against liabilities of $738k, net assets of -$66k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.