Blandon Fire Company 1

Analysis

Blandon Fire Company 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Blandon, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2006, 20 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, Blandon Fire Company 1 reported income of $347k and spending of $300k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $195k to $347k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Blandon Fire Company 1 sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coxsackie Hose Company No 3 of Coxsackie Ny ($347k), Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($347k) and Alpha Fire Company ($347k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. It paid $3,966 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $751k, net assets of $989k.