Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Pocono, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2006, 20 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, Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $342k and spending of $318k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $358k to $342k (-4.6%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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, Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Junior Fire Company No 2 Inc ($342k), Houtzdale Ramey Emergency Medical Service ($342k) and Delta Trap Club ($341k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $3,000 (0.9% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.8m.