Rennerdale Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Rennerdale Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Carnegie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2024, 2 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 2023, Rennerdale Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $251k and spending of $169k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $763k to $251k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Rennerdale Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 67th 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 Carrollton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($251k), Idaho Firewise ($251k) and Log Hill Volunteer Fire Department ($250k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 17% of the total. It paid $1,198 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $533k, net assets of $559k.