Texas No 4 Fire Company

Analysis

Texas No 4 Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Honesdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 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 October 2023, Texas No 4 Fire Company reported income of $174k and spending of $101k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income fell from $243k to $174k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 341%. Over the whole period it spent 36% 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, Texas No 4 Fire Company sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Codeit4life ($174k), Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department ($174k) and Elmore County Disaster Relief Fund ($174k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $1.3m.