Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Coraopolis, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 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, Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $219k and spending of $158k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $228k to $219k (-4.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ohiopyle Stewart Volunteer Fire Company ($218k), Herbertsville Firc Co No 1 ($219k) and Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporation ($218k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $1.7m.