McKinley Fire Company No1

Analysis

McKinley Fire Company No1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Elkins Park, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1992, 34 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, McKinley Fire Company No1 reported income of $383k and spending of $375k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $371k to $383k (+3.2%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, McKinley Fire Company No1 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 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seneca Volunteer Fire Department ($383k), Mifflinburg Hose Company 1 ($383k) and Deep Branch Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($383k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $508k, net assets of $1.8m.