Mountaintop Hose Company No 1

Analysis

Mountaintop Hose Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Mountain Top, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1997, 29 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 July 2023, Mountaintop Hose Company No 1 reported income of $379k and spending of $204k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $55k to $379k (+587%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2020, when income rose by 196%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Mountaintop Hose Company No 1 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 Red Lobster Cares Inc ($379k), Oakdale Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($380k) and The Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($378k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $14k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 6 employees.