Townsend Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Townsend Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Vickery, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1984, 42 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, Townsend Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $332k and spending of $188k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $169k to $332k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 58% 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, Townsend Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stroud Township Volunteer Fire Department ($332k), Toney Volunteer Fire Dept ($332k) and Sunbury Steam Fire Engine Co ($332k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $74k, net assets of $955k.