Klingerstown Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Klingerstown Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Klingerstown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 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, Klingerstown Fire Company No 1 reported income of $142k and spending of $102k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $93k to $142k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Klingerstown Fire Company No 1 sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include GMS Emergency Assistance Fund Inc ($142k), Cool Branch Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($142k) and Farmington Township Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($142k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $773k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $773k.