Quakertown Fire Department

Analysis

Quakertown Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Quakertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2016, 10 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, Quakertown Fire Department reported income of $455k and spending of $405k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $342k to $455k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Quakertown Fire Department sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cops 8 Inc ($455k), Miller House Company ($456k) and Goodwill Fire Co No 1 of York TWP ($454k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $682k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $682k.