Crabtree Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Crabtree Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Crabtree, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1938, 88 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, Crabtree Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $217k and spending of $274k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $267k to $217k (-19%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Crabtree Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eagle Fire Company of Oldenburg Indiana Inc ($217k), Mt Savage Volunteer Fire Company ($217k) and Emergency Chaplains Inc ($217k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $33k. At year end it held assets of $287k against liabilities of $303k, net assets of -$16k. It reported 5 employees.