Sassamansville Fire Co 1

Analysis

Sassamansville Fire Co 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Sassamansvlle, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 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, Sassamansville Fire Co 1 reported income of $373k and spending of $436k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $294k to $373k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Sassamansville Fire Co 1 sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated ($372k), BMW Motorcycle Owners of America Moa Foundation ($373k) and Marlinton Vol Fire Dept ($372k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $96k. At year end it held assets of $396k against liabilities of $487k, net assets of -$90k.