Linglestown Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Linglestown Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1992, 34 years ago. 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, Linglestown Fire Company No 1 reported income of $528k and spending of $263k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $387k to $528k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Linglestown Fire Company No 1 sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wayne County Memorial Association Inc ($528k), Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Inc ($528k) and San Dieguito for Drug-Free Youth ($528k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% of the total. It paid $9,798 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $433k, net assets of $2.5m.