Hand in Hand Fire Company

Analysis

Hand in Hand Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Bird in Hand, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2016, 10 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, Hand in Hand Fire Company reported income of $409k and spending of $273k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $302k to $409k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Hand in Hand Fire Company sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($409k), Gilbertsville Fire & Rescue Company ($410k) and Piney Green Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($409k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.7m.