Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Inc

Analysis

Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashland, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Inc reported income of $551k and spending of $425k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $325k to $551k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($551k), Bridgewater Fire Department Inc ($551k) and Sharon Fire Department Inc ($551k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $13k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $147k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $197k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 30 employees.