Springfield Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Springfield Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in E Springfield, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 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, Springfield Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $112k and spending of $146k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $165k to $112k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Springfield Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodbridge Volunteer Fire Association Inc ($112k), Alexander & Duke de Rego Foundation ($112k) and Sonoma Family Meal ($112k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m.