Wrightsville Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company No 1

Analysis

Wrightsville Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Wrightsville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 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, Wrightsville Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company No 1 reported income of $224k and spending of $227k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $344k to $224k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Wrightsville Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company No 1 sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Benton Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($224k), Bassett Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated ($224k) and Charlies House Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. It paid $2,519 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $166k against liabilities of $54k, net assets of $113k.