Alert Fire Company No 1 of Downingtown

Analysis

Alert Fire Company No 1 of Downingtown is a registered charity in United States, based in Downingtown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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, Alert Fire Company No 1 of Downingtown reported income of $119k and spending of $102k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $116k to $119k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Alert Fire Company No 1 of Downingtown sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pleasant Hill Fire Department ($119k), Bandera Fire & Rescue ($119k) and Baileys Cross Roads Volunteer Fire Co ($119k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $740k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $721k.