Fox Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Fox Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Kersey, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Fox Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $227k and spending of $176k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $101k to $227k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fox Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Not for Sale Fund ($227k), Provisions Food Pantry & Thrift Store ($227k) and Respite Care Foundation ($227k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% of the total. It paid $1,437 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $701k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $701k.