Sutersville Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Sutersville Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Sutersville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2021, 5 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, Sutersville Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $313k and spending of $105k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $243k to $313k (+28%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 18% 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, Sutersville Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Augusta Volunteer Fire Department ($312k), Monte Alto Volunteer Fire Department ($313k) and North Iredell Rescue Squad Inc ($312k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% of the total. It paid $605 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $123k, net assets of $1.2m.