Mt Pleasant Fire Co-1

Analysis

Mt Pleasant Fire Co-1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Bernville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 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, Mt Pleasant Fire Co-1 reported income of $189k and spending of $279k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $404k to $189k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Mt Pleasant Fire Co-1 sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Terra Alta Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($189k), Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($189k) and Henlawson Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($189k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $308k, net assets of $1.3m.