Sturgeon Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Sturgeon Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Sturgeon, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 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, Sturgeon Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $123k and spending of $259k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $101k to $123k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 147% 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, Sturgeon Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dover Township Volunteer Fire Department ($123k), New Deal Volunteer Fire Department ($123k) and Monroe Hose Co ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $553k against liabilities of $538k, net assets of $15k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.