Llanerch Fire Company

Analysis

Llanerch Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Havertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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 September 2023, Llanerch Fire Company reported income of $223k and spending of $182k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $196k to $223k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Llanerch Fire Company sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bluff City Vol Fire Dept ($223k), Prospect Hill Volunteer Fire Department ($223k) and Sea Ranch Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($223k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $750, net assets of $1.7m.