Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Dept No 1

Analysis

Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Dept No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Center Valley, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 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, Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Dept No 1 reported income of $642k and spending of $800k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $475k to $642k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Dept No 1 sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Fargo Rural Fire Department ($642k), Bellville Volunteer Fire Department ($643k) and Bethlehem Community Fire & Rescue Inc ($642k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. It paid $6,743 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $626k, net assets of $2.2m.