Kennedy Township Independent Volunt Eer Fire Company

Analysis

Kennedy Township Independent Volunt Eer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in McKees Rocks, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2026. 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, Kennedy Township Independent Volunt Eer Fire Company reported income of $128k and spending of $274k, spending 214% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $124k to $128k (+2.7%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 152% 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, Kennedy Township Independent Volunt Eer Fire Company sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hannawa Falls Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($128k), Griffins Township Fire Department Inc ($128k) and South Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($128k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $248k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.