Tafton Fire Company Incorporated

Analysis

Tafton Fire Company Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Tafton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, Tafton Fire Company Incorporated reported income of $1.1m and spending of $785k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $595k to $1.1m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Tafton Fire Company Incorporated sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($1.1m), Blazing Arrow Hook & Ladder Co ($1.1m) and Lancaster Community Safety Coalition ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $297k, net assets of $1.6m.