Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1

Analysis

Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Ligonier, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2001, 25 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, Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1 reported income of $268k and spending of $161k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $197k to $268k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1 sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Windsor Volunteer Fire Department ($268k), North Central Florida Safety Council Incorporated ($268k) and The Dime Box Volunteer Fire Department ($268k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $1.3m.