Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department & Relief Association

Analysis

Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department & Relief Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Sarver, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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, Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department & Relief Association reported income of $283k and spending of $202k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $219k to $283k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department & Relief Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 58th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acadiana Safety Association ($283k), Invincible Fire Co Inc ($283k) and Association of Firearm & Tool Mark Examiners ($283k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $584k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $584k.