Etna Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Etna Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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, Etna Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $141k and spending of $234k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $158k to $141k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Etna Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sierra Madre Search & Rescue Team ($141k), Egypt Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($141k) and Here to Serve Inc ($141k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. It paid $2,574 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $427k against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $348k.