Rush Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Rush Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rush Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $340k and spending of $343k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $268k to $340k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. 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, Rush Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sissonville Millertown Pocatalico & Guthrie Volunteer Fire Department ($340k), Florida Fire Marshals & Inspectors Association Inc ($340k) and Southeast Pamlico Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($340k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $47k, net assets of $1.3m.