Perrysville Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Perrysville Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2024, 2 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, Perrysville Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $302k and spending of $156k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $302k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Perrysville Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carnegie Volunteer Fire and Rescue Bureau ($302k), Eastern Garrett County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department ($302k) and Raphine Volunteer Fire Company ($302k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.2m.