Elizabeth Township Fire Department No 1

Analysis

Elizabeth Township Fire Department No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabeth, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1981, 45 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, Elizabeth Township Fire Department No 1 reported income of $465k and spending of $482k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $130k to $465k (+258%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 266%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Elizabeth Township Fire Department No 1 sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marcellus Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($465k), Britts Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($466k) and Ellendale Volunteer Fire Department ($465k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 26% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $221k, net assets of $1.7m.