Union Fire Co No 1 Hamburg

Analysis

Union Fire Co No 1 Hamburg is a registered charity in United States, based in Hamburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 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, Union Fire Co No 1 Hamburg reported income of $311k and spending of $341k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $259k to $311k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Union Fire Co No 1 Hamburg sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philomont Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($311k), Toms Brook Volunteer Fire Dept ($311k) and Tonto Recreation Alliance Inc ($311k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $402k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.