Shermans Dale Community Fire Co

Analysis

Shermans Dale Community Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Shermans Dale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 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, Shermans Dale Community Fire Co reported income of $350k and spending of $175k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $338k to $350k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 40% 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, Shermans Dale Community Fire Co sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rose Tree Fire Company 1 ($350k), Burke Volunteer Fire Department Inc Silas Vincent ($350k) and Shingle Hollow Fire Dept ($350k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $225k, net assets of $4.6m.