Hometown Fire Company

Analysis

Hometown Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Tamaqua, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 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, Hometown Fire Company reported income of $128k and spending of $49k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $158k to $128k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Hometown Fire Company sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Findley Lake Volunteer Firemans Association ($128k), South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department ($128k) and Hatfield Fire & Rescue ($128k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. It paid $1,304 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $768k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $768k.