Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Edinboro, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1985, 41 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, Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $99k and spending of $98k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $125k to $99k (-21%), an average of -11% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Dept 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 Dawson Volunteer Fire Company ($98k), Lincoln Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($99k) and Safety Net of Missouri ($98k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% of the total. At year end it held assets of $237k against liabilities of $30, net assets of $237k.