Saltsburg Fire Department

Analysis

Saltsburg Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Saltsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2020, 6 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, Saltsburg Fire Department reported income of $352k and spending of $117k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $97k to $352k (+263%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 48% 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, Saltsburg Fire Department 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 65th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chester Gap Volunteer Fire ($352k), Rye Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc ($352k) and South Side Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($352k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $626k against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $562k.