Donora Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Donora Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Donora, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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, Donora Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $229k and spending of $112k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $90k to $229k (+155%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Donora Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fire Department Village of Fairport ($229k), Espy Fire Company ($229k) and Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services ($229k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. It paid $2,892 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $382k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $382k.