Ashville Vol Fire Co

Analysis

Ashville Vol Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 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 February 2024, Ashville Vol Fire Co reported income of $256k and spending of $196k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2020 to February 2024, income fell from $783k to $256k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2021, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, Ashville Vol Fire Co sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heritage Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($256k), Compound of Compassion ($256k) and Little Gasparilla Island Fire & Rescue Inc ($256k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $222k, net assets of $1.4m.