Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company

Analysis

Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Mill Run, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2014, 12 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, Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company reported income of $244k and spending of $219k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $244k (+256%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alpine Fire Safe Council ($244k), Barlow Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($244k) and Ligoner Volunteer Hose Co 1 ($244k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.