Pennsburg Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Pennsburg Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Pennsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Pennsburg Fire Co No 1 reported income of $562k and spending of $245k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $276k to $562k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Pennsburg Fire Co No 1 sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution Inc ($562k), Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County ($562k) and Missouri State Highway Patrol Benevolent Fund Inc ($562k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. It paid $3,484 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $468k, net assets of $821k.