Oakland Township Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Oakland Township Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Cooperstown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Oakland Township Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $76k and spending of $115k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $141k to $76k (-46%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Oakland Township Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bodega Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($76k), Kaska Volunteer Fire Company ($76k) and East Waterford Community Fire Company ($76k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $115k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $115k.