Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Apollo, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1984, 42 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, Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1 reported income of $376k and spending of $109k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $241k to $376k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 37% 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, Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1 sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bowie Volunteer Fire Dept and Rescue Squad Inc ($376k), Drewry Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($376k) and Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire & Ems Department ($376k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $181k, net assets of $4.4m.