Rostraver Township Fire Department

Analysis

Rostraver Township Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Rostraver TWP, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2006, 20 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, Rostraver Township Fire Department reported income of $516k and spending of $667k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $378k to $516k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Rostraver Township Fire Department sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burkeville Volunteer Fire Department ($515k), Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation ($516k) and Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Co ($515k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $1.3m.