Strasburg Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Strasburg Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Strasburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 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, Strasburg Fire Co No 1 reported income of $640k and spending of $396k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $640k (+232%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 71%. 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, Strasburg Fire Co No 1 sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Hope Fire and Emergency Medical Service Inc ($640k), Bethlehem Community Fire & Rescue Inc ($642k) and Wicksburg Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept Inc ($640k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. It paid $4,654 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $409k, net assets of $3.4m.