Harleysville Community Fire Company

Analysis

Harleysville Community Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Harleysville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1995, 31 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, Harleysville Community Fire Company reported income of $671k and spending of $472k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $554k to $671k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Harleysville Community Fire Company sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Terra Alta Community Ambulance Squad Inc ($671k), Northern York County Fire Rescue and Ems ($671k) and Newark Volunteer Fire Company ($671k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $104k, net assets of $3.3m.