Rocky Run Fire Company

Analysis

Rocky Run Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Media, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 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, Rocky Run Fire Company reported income of $524k and spending of $558k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $160k to $524k (+227%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Rocky Run Fire Company sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broadway Volunteer Fire Department ($523k), Gaston Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($524k) and Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department ($522k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 38% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $194k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $69k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 13 employees.