West Penn Fire Company No 1 Inc

Analysis

West Penn Fire Company No 1 Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New Ringgold, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2022, 4 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, West Penn Fire Company No 1 Inc reported income of $171k and spending of $131k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $135k to $171k (+27%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, West Penn Fire Company No 1 Inc sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evington Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($171k), East Dover Volunteer Fire Co No 4 ($171k) and Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department ($171k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $771k against liabilities of $228k, net assets of $543k.