North Washington Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

North Washington Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in N Washington, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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, North Washington Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $390k and spending of $124k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $87k to $390k (+350%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, North Washington Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houston Responds ($389k), Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company ($390k) and Fritz Institute ($389k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $745k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $745k.