Richlandtown Fire Company

Analysis

Richlandtown Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Richlandtown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 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, Richlandtown Fire Company reported income of $257k and spending of $157k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $125k to $257k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. 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, Richlandtown Fire Company sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belmont Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($257k), Gerry Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($257k) and Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service Inc ($257k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% of the total. At year end it held assets of $873k against liabilities of $1,924, net assets of $871k.