Robert Fulton Fire Company

Analysis

Robert Fulton Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Peach Bottom, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 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, Robert Fulton Fire Company reported income of $248k and spending of $331k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $318k to $248k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Robert Fulton Fire Company sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Union Township Volunteer Fire Department ($247k), Valley Inn Volunteer Fire Department ($248k) and Windsor Township Volunteer Fire Department ($247k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $421k, net assets of $1.2m.