The Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

The Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saegertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2005, 21 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, The Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $156k and spending of $226k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $198k to $156k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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, The Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Owls Head Mountain View Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($156k), Elk Lake Volunteer Fire Co ($156k) and Ivor Volunteer Fire Department ($156k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $525k against liabilities of $264k, net assets of $261k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.