Wissahickon Fire Co of Ambler Pa

Analysis

Wissahickon Fire Co of Ambler Pa is a registered charity in United States, based in Ambler, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 (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, Wissahickon Fire Co of Ambler Pa reported income of $556k and spending of $546k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $574k to $556k (-3.1%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Wissahickon Fire Co of Ambler Pa sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Co ($556k), Union Fire Association of Lower Merion ($557k) and Flourtown Fire Company ($555k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. It paid $8,047 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $362k, net assets of $4.3m.