Macungie Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Macungie Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Macungie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Macungie Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $62k and spending of $111k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $128k to $62k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Macungie Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yelvington Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($62k), Odessa Volunteer Fire Department ($62k) and Greenleaf Volunteer Fire Department ($62k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $26k against liabilities of $185k, net assets of -$160k.