Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service

Analysis

Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Sheffield, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2017, 9 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, Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service reported income of $291k and spending of $393k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $189k to $291k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tea Volunteer Fire Department Inc C/O Herman Otten ($291k), Larksville Community Ambulance ($291k) and National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators ($291k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $978k against liabilities of $34k, net assets of $944k.