Crescent Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Crescent Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Crescent, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 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, Crescent Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $139k and spending of $139k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $189k to $139k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Crescent Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pierrepont Fire Corporation ($139k), East Millstone First Aid Squad ($139k) and Pierz Rural Area Fire Protectionassn Inc ($139k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. At year end it held assets of $958k against liabilities of $555k, net assets of $404k.