Boothwyn Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Boothwyn Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Boothwyn, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 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, Boothwyn Fire Company No 1 reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.4m (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Boothwyn Fire Company No 1 sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kunkle Fire Company Inc ($1.4m), Central Communications Inc ($1.4m) and Jupiter Volunteer Fire Department ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $552k. It paid $2,831 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $250k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 20 employees.