Ogden Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Ogden Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Uppr Chichstr, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 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, Ogden Fire Company No 1 reported income of $170k and spending of $168k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $159k to $170k (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Ogden Fire Company No 1 sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orange County Fire Authority Foundation ($170k), Nesquehoning Hose Company 1 ($170k) and White Plains Volunteer Fire Department ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $486k, net assets of $571k.