Newportville Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Newportville Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Newportville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1972, 54 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, Newportville Fire Company No 1 reported income of $564k and spending of $606k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $279k to $564k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Newportville Fire Company No 1 sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakeland Volunteer Fire Department ($562k), Sharpsburg Vol Fire Co Inc Equipment Fund ($564k) and Tryonota Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($561k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. It paid $2,004 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $280k, net assets of $996k.

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.