Piercetown Fire Station

Analysis

Piercetown Fire Station is a registered charity in United States, based in Anderson, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 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, Piercetown Fire Station reported income of $92k and spending of $37k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $91k to $92k (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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, Piercetown Fire Station sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stand 1st Foundation ($92k), New York State United Teachers Disaster Relief & Scholarship Fund ($93k) and Tri Town Safety Village Inc ($92k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.