Hanover Area Volunteer Fire and Rescue

Analysis

Hanover Area Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Hanover, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Hanover Area Volunteer Fire and Rescue reported income of $204k and spending of $226k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $131k to $204k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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, Hanover Area Volunteer Fire and Rescue sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crossroads Volunteer Fire Dept ($204k), Yad Soffin Foundation ($204k) and Pompton Falls Volunteer Fire Department 3 ($204k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. It paid $19k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m.