Keystone Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Keystone Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Bechtelsville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 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, Keystone Fire Co No 1 reported income of $147k and spending of $162k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $126k to $147k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Keystone Fire Co No 1 sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brookline Fire Company ($147k), Jefferson County Fire Training Academy Inc ($147k) and Rice Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($147k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $337k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $337k.