Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Altoona, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $156k and spending of $111k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $103k to $156k (+51%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Urban Inc ($156k), Save Our Sisters United ($156k) and Dress for Success-Washington DC ($156k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $419k against liabilities of $448, net assets of $418k.