Richland Township Volunteer Firemans Association

Analysis

Richland Township Volunteer Firemans Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Johnstown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 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, Richland Township Volunteer Firemans Association reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $675k to $1.1m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Richland Township Volunteer Firemans Association sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Solvay Fire Department Inc ($1.1m), Purgatorie River Volunteer Fire Department ($1.1m) and Bunn Rural Fire Association Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% and program service revenue 4.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $46k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $374k. At year end it held assets of $729k against liabilities of $28k, net assets of $701k. It reported 35 employees.