Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Clairton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (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, Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $64k and spending of $120k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $38k to $64k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 161% 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, Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dewitt Fire Dept Inc ($64k), Kansas Operation Lifesaver Inc ($64k) and Maryland City Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc ($64k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $461k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $461k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.