Fairfield Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Fairfield Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in New Florence, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 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, Fairfield Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 reported income of $197k and spending of $202k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $162k to $197k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Fairfield Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Badin Volunteer Fire Department ($197k), Rider Training of New Jersey a NJ Nnon Profit Corporation ($197k) and Taylor Volunteer Fire Department ($197k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $176k, net assets of $2.8m.