Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No 3

Analysis

Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No 3 is a registered charity in United States, based in E Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No 3 reported income of $201k and spending of $221k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $137k to $201k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No 3 sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Dravosburg Vol Fire Dept 1 ($201k), Schuylkill Hose Co No 2 of Schuylkill Haven ($201k) and Tenet Care Fund ($201k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $17, net assets of $1.3m.