Old Forge Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Old Forge Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Old Forge, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1995, 31 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Old Forge Fire Dept Inc reported income of $439k and spending of $306k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $276k to $439k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, Old Forge Fire Dept Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Proampac Employee Assistance Fund ($439k), Central Alexander Fire Department Inc ($439k) and Reva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Inc ($439k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $2.1m.