Earl Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Earl Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Boyertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1999, 27 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, Earl Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 reported income of $189k and spending of $297k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $174k to $189k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Earl Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Syracuse Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc ($189k), Future Fire Academy ($189k) and Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire ($189k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $138k, net assets of $1.7m.