Creekside Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Creekside Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Creekside, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 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, Creekside Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $206k and spending of $128k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $141k to $206k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, Creekside Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Americas Defenders Foundation ($206k), Posen Area Fire and Rescue ($206k) and Halifax Fire and Rescue Department ($206k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $716k, net assets of $1.5m.