Community Fire Company 1 of North Whitehall Township

Analysis

Community Fire Company 1 of North Whitehall Township is a registered charity in United States, based in Schnecksville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Community Fire Company 1 of North Whitehall Township reported income of $306k and spending of $330k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $934k to $306k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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, Community Fire Company 1 of North Whitehall Township sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brockway Area Ambulance Service Inc ($306k), Community Fire Co of Craley ($306k) and Warren Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($306k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% of the total. It paid $3,369 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $312k, net assets of $1.3m.