Seneca Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Seneca Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Seneca, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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, Seneca Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $383k and spending of $201k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $139k to $383k (+175%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 231%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, Seneca Volunteer Fire Department 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 Deep Branch Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($383k), McKinley Fire Company No1 ($383k) and Fairfield Glade Fire Department ($383k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 6.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.1m.