Auburn Fire Company

Analysis

Auburn Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Auburn, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 years ago. 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, Auburn Fire Company reported income of $77k and spending of $37k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $93k to $77k (-18%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Auburn Fire Company sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Main St Assoc ($77k), Victoria Fine Arts Association Inc ($77k) and American Society of Civil Engineers ($77k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $537k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $537k.