Polk Fire Rescue Inc

Analysis

Polk Fire Rescue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Polk, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2025. 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, Polk Fire Rescue Inc reported income of $66k and spending of $85k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $79k to $66k (-16%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Polk Fire Rescue Inc sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orangeburg Volunteer Fire Association Inc ($66k), Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Company ($66k) and Spickard Fire Protection District ($66k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% of the total. At year end it held assets of $251k against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $217k.