George G McMurtry Fire Department Vandergrift 1

Analysis

George G McMurtry Fire Department Vandergrift 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Vandergrift, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 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, George G McMurtry Fire Department Vandergrift 1 reported income of $53k and spending of $51k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $85k to $53k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, George G McMurtry Fire Department Vandergrift 1 sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 19th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Virginia Beach Fire Foundation ($53k), Ski Patrol Rescue Team ($53k) and Ashleys Orphans ($53k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $422k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $422k.