Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Reading, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2011, 15 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, Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $976k and spending of $815k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $627k to $976k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Raystown Ambulance Service ($975k), Ransom Solutions Inc ($977k) and Hereford Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($974k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $31k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $383k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $8,520, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 46 employees.