Hummels Wharf Fire Co Inc

Analysis

Hummels Wharf Fire Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hummels Wharf, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Hummels Wharf Fire Co Inc reported income of $494k and spending of $570k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $314k to $494k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Hummels Wharf Fire Co Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jeb Stuart Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($493k), Lake Ariel Fire Company ($494k) and Southwood Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($493k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $136k. It paid $545 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $272k, net assets of $751k.