Flourtown Fire Company

Analysis

Flourtown Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Flourtown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1965, 61 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, Flourtown Fire Company reported income of $555k and spending of $420k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $480k to $555k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Flourtown Fire Company 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 Maysville Fire and Ems Inc ($554k), Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Co ($556k) and Goshen Fire Department ($554k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $222k, net assets of $2.4m.