Swissvale Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Swissvale Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Swissvale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2006, 20 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, Swissvale Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $175k and spending of $150k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $127k to $175k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Swissvale Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roseland Volunteer Fire Department ($175k), Jennerstown Volunteer Fire Dept ($175k) and The Quad Cities Volunteer Fire Department a Non Profit Corp ($175k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% of the total. At year end it held assets of $845k against liabilities of $356k, net assets of $489k.