Upper Milford Western District Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Upper Milford Western District Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Old Zionsvlle, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2025. 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, Upper Milford Western District Fire Company No 1 reported income of $684k and spending of $105k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $203k to $684k (+238%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 386%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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, Upper Milford Western District Fire Company No 1 sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Odenton Voluteer Fire Company Inc Odenton Anne Arundel County of MD ($684k), Washington Fire Department ($685k) and Broomall Fire Company ($684k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.2m.