Garland Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Garland Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Garland, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Garland Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $149k and spending of $108k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $59k to $149k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 448%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Garland Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alert Hook & Ladder Company No 2 ($149k), West Valley Volunteer Hose Company Inc ($150k) and Converse Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($149k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% of the total. At year end it held assets of $462k against liabilities of $153k, net assets of $309k.