Jay Township Volunteer Fire Company Elk Company 5

Analysis

Jay Township Volunteer Fire Company Elk Company 5 is a registered charity in United States, based in Byrnedale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2002, 24 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Jay Township Volunteer Fire Company Elk Company 5 reported income of $146k and spending of $111k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $113k to $146k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Jay Township Volunteer Fire Company Elk Company 5 sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horsepasture District Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($146k), Caney Branch Volunteer Fire Department ($146k) and Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance Association ($146k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 31% of the total. At year end it held assets of $945k against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $913k.