Wissahickon Fire Company Relief Assn

Analysis

Wissahickon Fire Company Relief Assn is a registered charity in United States, based in Ambler, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2017, 9 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, Wissahickon Fire Company Relief Assn reported income of $320k and spending of $421k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $206k to $320k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 157%. 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, Wissahickon Fire Company Relief Assn sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rineyville Fire Department Inc ($320k), Cherryhill Township Volunteer Fire Company ($320k) and Endy Volunteer Fire Department ($319k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.4m.