West Whiteland Fire Company Inc

Analysis

West Whiteland Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Exton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1995, 31 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, West Whiteland Fire Company Inc reported income of $622k and spending of $375k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $622k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, West Whiteland Fire Company Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center Rural Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department Inc ($622k), Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation ($623k) and Northeastern New York Safety and Health Council Inc ($621k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $93k, net assets of $3.5m.