Cover Hill Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Cover Hill Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Johnstown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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, Cover Hill Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $180k and spending of $77k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $64k to $180k (+182%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22923%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, Cover Hill Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sherrodsville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($180k), Rocky Hill Hook and Ladder Co No 1 Inc ($180k) and Rutherford County Fire-Rescue Association Inc ($180k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $159k, net assets of $1.9m.