Darby Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Darby Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Darby, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1997, 29 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, Darby Fire Company No 1 reported income of $733k and spending of $597k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $882k to $733k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Darby Fire Company No 1 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 76th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairfax Ems Inc ($730k), Neighbors 4 Neighbors ($733k) and Wind Gap Fire Co ($730k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $165k, net assets of $1.6m.