Columbia Hose Co No 1 Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Columbia Hose Co No 1 Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in New Milford, 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, Columbia Hose Co No 1 Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $549k and spending of $263k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $132k to $549k (+315%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 59% 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, Columbia Hose Co No 1 Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brown County Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($548k), Wakefield Ambulance Association ($550k) and Godwin-Falcon Fire Dept Inc ($548k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $23k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 4 employees.