White Horse Fire Company

Analysis

White Horse Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Gap, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 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, White Horse Fire Company reported income of $581k and spending of $282k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $364k to $581k (+60%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 47% 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, White Horse Fire Company sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chalfont Chemical Fire Engine Company 1 ($579k), Volney Volunteer Fire Corporation ($582k) and Monroe Fire Company ($579k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 37% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.4m.