South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Walnut Bottom, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2020, 6 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, South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $205k and spending of $250k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $209k to $205k (-1.7%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knox Community Hospital Foundation ($205k), Orange County Long Term Recovery Group Inc ($205k) and Newell Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($205k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of -$6,740, net assets of $1.1m.