Harmonville Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Harmonville Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth MTNG, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1995, 31 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, Harmonville Fire Company No 1 reported income of $1.2m and spending of $889k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $629k to $1.2m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Harmonville Fire Company No 1 sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Backcountry Discovery Routes ($1.2m), Sykesville Freedom District Fire Dept Inc ($1.2m) and Protective Co No1 of the Fairmount Fire Dept Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $35k (3.9% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $224k, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 15 employees.