Platea Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Platea Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Girard, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2026. 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, Platea Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $96k and spending of $72k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $78k to $96k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 59% 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, Platea Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Texoma Fire District Inc ($96k), Long Lake Rescue Squad Inc ($96k) and Franklin Borough Volunteer Fire Company ($96k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 72% of the total. At year end it held assets of $373k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $373k.