Espy Fire Company

Analysis

Espy Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2011, 15 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Espy Fire Company reported income of $229k and spending of $229k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $233k to $229k (-1.8%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Espy Fire Company sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Donora Volunteer Fire Department ($229k), Sacramento Community Fire Company ($229k) and Fire Department Village of Fairport ($229k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $967k against liabilities of $4,605, net assets of $963k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.