Summit Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Summit Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Harmonsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 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, Summit Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $168k and spending of $253k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $315k to $168k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Summit Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boca Raton Firefighters & Paramedics Benevolent Fund ($168k), Guyan River Volunteer Fire Department ($168k) and Straight Mountain Fire Department ($168k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 3.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $9,630 (3.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $997k against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $965k. It reported 15 employees.