Shelly Fire Company

Analysis

Shelly Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Quakertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2014, 12 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, Shelly Fire Company reported income of $355k and spending of $275k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $288k to $355k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Shelly Fire Company 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 Through the Gate Inc ($355k), Breezewood Fire Company ($356k) and Auto Glass Safety Council Inc ($355k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $806k against liabilities of -$21, net assets of $806k.