Saxton Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Saxton Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Saxton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2009, 17 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, Saxton Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $433k and spending of $382k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $252k to $433k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Saxton Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Salem Rescue Squad Incorporated ($433k), Nechama-Jewish Disaster Response ($433k) and Guilford Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($432k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $1.3m.