Trafford Fire Company 1

Analysis

Trafford Fire Company 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Trafford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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, Trafford Fire Company 1 reported income of $85k and spending of $117k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $51k to $85k (+66%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Trafford Fire Company 1 sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 31st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colorado City Volunteer Fire Dept ($85k), Highland Falls Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($85k) and Central Valley Fire Company ($84k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4,816. It paid $1,483 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $439k against liabilities of $125k, net assets of $314k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.