Clearfield Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Clearfield Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Clearfield, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2007, 19 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, Clearfield Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $78k and spending of $60k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $143k to $78k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Clearfield Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 29th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bgfa Charities Inc ($78k), Pond Creek Fire Department Inc ($78k) and Cleveland Hill Fire Department No 6 Inc ($78k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. At year end it held assets of $916k against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $880k.