Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance Association

Analysis

Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Duke Center, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1999, 27 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance Association reported income of $146k and spending of $69k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $89k to $146k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance Association sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Niagara Engine Company No 6 Inc ($146k), Horsepasture District Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($146k) and National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices ($146k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 6.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $789k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $789k.