Newtown Fire Association

Analysis

Newtown Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Newtown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 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, Newtown Fire Association reported income of $1.0m and spending of $879k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $412k to $1.0m (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Newtown Fire Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Windber Fire Company No 1 ($1.0m), Instedd ($1.0m) and Swormville Fire Company Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $169k, net assets of $4.2m.