The Portersville-Muddycreek Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

The Portersville-Muddycreek Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Portersville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 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 Portersville-Muddycreek Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $111k and spending of $112k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $111k (+85%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Portersville-Muddycreek Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aeneas McDonald Police Benvolent Assoc ($111k), Manhasset Lakeville Fire Department Company No 2 Inc ($111k) and Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department ($111k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $122k, net assets of $1.4m.