Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Fogelsville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 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, Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $166k and spending of $437k, spending 264% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $252k to $166k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 304%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include White Cap Helping Hand Fund ($166k), White Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($166k) and Richardton Firemens Auxiliary ($165k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $655k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $655k.