Butler Township Volunteer Fire District Relief Association

Analysis

Butler Township Volunteer Fire District Relief Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Butler, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 (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, Butler Township Volunteer Fire District Relief Association reported income of $181k and spending of $67k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $380k to $181k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Butler Township Volunteer Fire District Relief Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indiana Township Volunteer Fire Company No1 ($181k), Avoca Volunteer Fire Department ($181k) and Madison Fire Drpartment ($181k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $580k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $580k.