Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Stroudsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1996, 30 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, Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Fire Company No 1 reported income of $360k and spending of $571k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $332k to $360k (+8.5%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Fire Company No 1 sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greendale Emergency Rescue Inc ($360k), Telford Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($361k) and Salem Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($360k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $972k, net assets of $2.1m.