Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services

Analysis

Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 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, Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services reported income of $229k and spending of $233k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $119k to $229k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 67% 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, Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Mateo Large Animal Evac ($229k), Fire Department Village of Fairport ($229k) and The San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance Inc ($229k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $573k, net assets of $1.6m.