Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellwood City, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $110k and spending of $99k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $80k to $110k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hempstead Volunteer Fire Dept ($110k), Fawn Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1 ($110k) and Oregon School Resource Officers Association ($110k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% of the total. It paid $936 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $462k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $462k.