Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Cherryville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1 reported income of $297k and spending of $381k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $284k to $297k (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. 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, Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1 sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Emergency Responder Assistance Program Inc ($297k), Navesink Hook & Ladder Co 1 ($297k) and Myersville Volunteer Fire Company I Ncorporated ($297k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 2.1% of the total. It paid $6,390 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $546k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $546k.