Kulpmont Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Kulpmont Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Kulpmont, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2021, 5 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, Kulpmont Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $134k and spending of $110k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $95k to $134k (+41%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Kulpmont Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Jackson Fire Department ($134k), Angwin Volunteer Fire Department ($134k) and Rising Star Volunteer Fire Department ($134k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% of the total. At year end it held assets of $207k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $207k.