Lower Milford Township Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Lower Milford Township Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Limeport, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Lower Milford Township Fire Co No 1 reported income of $93k and spending of $163k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $289k to $93k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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, Lower Milford Township Fire Co No 1 sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farmers Home Foundation ($93k), Goldthwaite Volunteer Fire Department ($94k) and Speedsville Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($93k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. It paid $1,458 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $682k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $682k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.