Wilpen Fire Company of Ligonier Township

Analysis

Wilpen Fire Company of Ligonier Township is a registered charity in United States, based in Ligonier, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 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, Wilpen Fire Company of Ligonier Township reported income of $199k and spending of $188k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $197k to $199k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Wilpen Fire Company of Ligonier Township sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Veteran Sailing Inc ($199k), Republic Volunteer Fire Company ($199k) and Tennessee Driver Improvement Program Inc ($199k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $545k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $535k.