Upper Leacock Fire Company

Analysis

Upper Leacock Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Leola, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1989, 37 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, Upper Leacock Fire Company reported income of $260k and spending of $212k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $166k to $260k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Upper Leacock Fire Company sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Climate Adaptation Center Inc ($259k), Fall Creek Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($260k) and Cornell Area Fire Dept Inc ($259k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 2.4% of the total. It paid $2,571 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.