Peters Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Peters Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in McMurray, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2020, 6 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, Peters Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $340k and spending of $344k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $361k to $340k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Peters Township Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BJW Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($340k), Southeast Pamlico Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($340k) and Fleetwood Vol Fire Co 1 ($339k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. It paid $10k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $1.1m.