Pittston TWP Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Pittston TWP Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittston, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2006, 20 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, Pittston TWP Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $415k and spending of $253k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $661k to $415k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, Pittston TWP Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anoka-Champlin Fire Department Relief Association Inc ($415k), Brookside Volunteer Fire Company ($415k) and Cassell Station Volunteer Firemens Association Inc ($415k).

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 $2.8m against liabilities of $236k, net assets of $2.6m.