Collingdale Fire Company

Analysis

Collingdale Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Collingdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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, Collingdale Fire Company reported income of $829k and spending of $774k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $464k to $829k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Collingdale Fire Company sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sea Tow Foundation Inc ($825k), Sustainable Healthcare Initiatives ($831k) and Home Front Military Network ($824k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 54% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $314k. It paid $10k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 44 employees.