Grapeville Volunteer Fire Co Inc

Analysis

Grapeville Volunteer Fire Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Grapeville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2021, 5 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, Grapeville Volunteer Fire Co Inc reported income of $59k and spending of $76k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $94k to $59k (-37%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Grapeville Volunteer Fire Co Inc sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clark Vol Fire Dept ($59k), Stanley Volunteer Fire Department ($59k) and Porter Firemans Relief Association ($59k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. It paid $700 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.