Cashtown Community Fire Co

Analysis

Cashtown Community Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Cashtown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2006, 20 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, Cashtown Community Fire Co reported income of $298k and spending of $219k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $179k to $298k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Cashtown Community Fire Co sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bellwood Excelsior Firehall Volunteer Fire Dept ($297k), Poultney Rescue Squad Inc ($298k) and Evansville Police Department Foundation Inc ($297k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $625. At year end it held assets of $366k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $366k.