Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleroi, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 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, Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $247k and spending of $173k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $200k to $247k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 46%. 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, Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fountain Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($247k), Waynesburg-Franlin Township Volunteer Fire Company ($247k) and Cochran Hose Company Inc ($247k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. It paid $4,334 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $495k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $495k.