Oakland Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Oakland Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Johnstown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2007, 19 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, Oakland Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $183k and spending of $96k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $110k to $183k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Oakland Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baxter Volunteer Fire Dept ($183k), Safety Team Inc ($183k) and Paradise Leaman Place Fire Co ($183k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $0.