Quarryville Fire Company Number One

Analysis

Quarryville Fire Company Number One is a registered charity in United States, based in Quarryville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1945, 81 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, Quarryville Fire Company Number One reported income of $427k and spending of $399k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $352k to $427k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Quarryville Fire Company Number One 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 The Crooked Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department ($427k), Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company ($428k) and Bailey Fire Department Green Hornet Fire District Inc ($426k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $951k, net assets of $1.1m.