Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarendon, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $111k and spending of $85k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $168k to $111k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department ($111k), Waterville Fire Dept Squad ($111k) and Conquest Fire Company Inc ($111k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 4.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $378k against liabilities of $76k, net assets of $302k.