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FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,700 to it, the largest being SNYDER H C & M A TW CHAR TRUST ($3,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$205k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$1.1M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Freedom Township Volunteer Fire Co does

Mission

To provide fire protection, rescue assistance and relief from emergent disasters

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The exempt purpose of the fire company includes but is not limited to; initial response to fires, accidents and emergencies. The rescue of victims in various situations and provide medical assessment to the appropriate units. Operation of fire trucks, on-scene communications and emergency sites and performing watch duties of incoming alarms at the fire house. Safety and training for the community are also provided.

    $135,149 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $135,149.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($110k) Expenses 100 ($88k) Net assets 100 ($734k)2018 Revenue 140 ($154k) Expenses 135 ($118k) Net assets 105 ($769k)2019 Revenue 146 ($160k) Expenses 129 ($113k) Net assets 111 ($816k)2020 Revenue 137 ($150k) Expenses 138 ($121k) Net assets 115 ($845k)2021 Revenue 124 ($136k) Expenses 143 ($126k) Net assets 117 ($855k)2022 Revenue 180 ($197k) Expenses 169 ($149k) Net assets 123 ($904k)2023 Revenue 273 ($300k) Expenses 168 ($148k) Net assets 144 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 227 ($250k) Expenses 222 ($195k) Net assets 151 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 186 ($205k) Expenses 185 ($163k) Net assets 157 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (186)Expenses (185)Net assets (157)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $825k to $977k (+18%).

$770k
$792k
$825k
$977k
$972k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.3M
$1.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 17% · 2018 8% · 2019 14% · 2020 25% · 2021 17% · 2022 19% · 2023 41% · 2024 42% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

44% of FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’17
$35k
’18
$47k
’19
$29k
’20
$10k
’21
$49k
’22
$152k
’23
$54k
’24
$42k
’25
16
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed555555555
Joined·+2+0+0+0+1+1+0+0
No longer listed·20001100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $700.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Months of reserve16.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO

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In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO?
FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,700 to it, the largest being SNYDER H C & M A TW CHAR TRUST ($3,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,700 in grants to FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO?
SNYDER H C & M A TW CHAR TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $3,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FREEDOM TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing