Friendship Fire Company No 1 of Geigertown Pennsylvania

Analysis

Friendship Fire Company No 1 of Geigertown Pennsylvania is a registered charity in United States, based in Geigertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 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 2022, Friendship Fire Company No 1 of Geigertown Pennsylvania reported income of $134k and spending of $146k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $205k to $134k (-35%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 39%. 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, Friendship Fire Company No 1 of Geigertown Pennsylvania sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stovall Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($134k), Central Oregon Safety and Health Association ($134k) and Number One Volunteer Fire Department ($134k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% of the total. At year end it held assets of $201k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $126k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.