Dalton Fire Company

Analysis

Dalton Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Dalton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2008, 18 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, Dalton Fire Company reported income of $436k and spending of $127k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $262k to $436k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 55% 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, Dalton Fire Company sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hatzolah of Passaic Clifton Ems ($435k), The Community Fire Company Incorporated ($436k) and West Point Volunteer Fire Depatment Inc ($435k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $8,897, net assets of $1.1m.