Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Vandergrift, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $119k and spending of $126k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $83k to $119k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department ($119k), Delaware Township Vol Fire Co ($119k) and Westminster Volunteer Fire Dept ($119k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $152k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $152k.