Kiski Township Fire Department No 1

Analysis

Kiski Township Fire Department No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Apollo, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2003, 23 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, Kiski Township Fire Department No 1 reported income of $162k and spending of $199k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $183k to $162k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Kiski Township Fire Department No 1 sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tri-State Fire School Association Inc ($162k), Andover Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($162k) and Fireshowswest First Responders Training and Education Foundation ($162k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. It paid $2,567 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $723k, net assets of $873k.