Export Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Export Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Export, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Export Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $66k and spending of $46k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $107k to $66k (-39%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Export Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department ($66k), Bluegrove Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($66k) and Farmingdale Hook & Ladder Co 1 ($66k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. At year end it held assets of $257k against liabilities of $90k, net assets of $166k.