Mechanicsburg Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Mechanicsburg Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Mechanicsburg Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $226k and spending of $326k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $226k (-91%), an average of -56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 34% 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, Mechanicsburg Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($226k), Green TWP Vol Fire Dept Inc ($226k) and Balsam-Willetts-Ochre Hill Volunteer Fire Department ($226k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $134k, net assets of $2.2m.