Penryn Fire Company

Analysis

Penryn Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Manheim, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 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, Penryn Fire Company reported income of $477k and spending of $190k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $313k to $477k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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, Penryn Fire Company sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated ($477k), Personal Solutions Inc ($477k) and Apalachin Fire Department Inc ($477k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $289k, net assets of $4.5m.