Butler Township Volunteer Fire District

Analysis

Butler Township Volunteer Fire District is a registered charity in United States, based in Butler, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 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, Butler Township Volunteer Fire District reported income of $918k and spending of $496k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $918k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Butler Township Volunteer Fire District sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Dept and Rescue Squad Incorporated ($917k), Civietown Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($920k) and Kids on Bikes Inc ($916k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2,565. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 1 employees.