Monroe Fire Company

Analysis

Monroe Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2024, 2 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, Monroe Fire Company reported income of $579k and spending of $306k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $302k to $579k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Monroe Fire Company sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Park River Volunteer Fire Department ($579k), Chalfont Chemical Fire Engine Company 1 ($579k) and Los Fresnos Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($578k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $61k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $342k, net assets of $731k. It reported 8 employees.