Alpha Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Alpha Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Littlestown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 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, Alpha Fire Company No 1 reported income of $1.1m and spending of $987k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $903k to $1.1m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Alpha Fire Company No 1 sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abate of Indiana Inc ($1.1m), Bunn Rural Fire Association Inc ($1.1m) and Hopephl Community Development Corporation ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 35% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $351k. It paid $9,586 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $923k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 19 employees.