Alburtis Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Alburtis Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Alburtis, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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, Alburtis Fire Co No 1 reported income of $172k and spending of $134k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $305k to $172k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Alburtis Fire Co No 1 sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Preble Volunteer Fire Fighting Association Inc ($172k), Palo Pinto Volunteer Fire Department ($172k) and Greenevers Volunteer Fire Dept ($172k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% of the total. At year end it held assets of $87k against liabilities of $1,760, net assets of $85k.