Forest Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Forest Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Hawley, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 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, Forest Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $273k and spending of $261k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $177k to $273k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Forest Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shannon Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($273k), St Louis Fire Department Lifesaving Foundation ($273k) and Hartford Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $766k against liabilities of $387k, net assets of $378k.