Roulette Chemical Engine Company No 1

Analysis

Roulette Chemical Engine Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Roulette, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 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, Roulette Chemical Engine Company No 1 reported income of $307k and spending of $315k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $768k to $307k (-60%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Roulette Chemical Engine Company No 1 sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Falkland Volunteer Fire Department ($307k), World Cares Center Inc ($307k) and Fountain Fural Fire Association Inc ($307k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $1.6m.