Dawson Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Dawson Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Dawson, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2018, 8 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 2022, Dawson Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $98k and spending of $65k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $84k to $98k (+18%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Dawson Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safety Net of Missouri ($98k), Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Dept ($99k) and Pilot Knob Volunteer Firefighters Assoc Inc ($98k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.