Friendship Fire Co 1

Analysis

Friendship Fire Co 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Danville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friendship Fire Co 1 reported income of $412k and spending of $132k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $135k to $412k (+206%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 38% 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, Friendship Fire Co 1 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 Delhi Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($411k), Spring Valley Area Emergency Services Corporation ($412k) and Food 1st Foundation ($411k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $65k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $117k, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 4 employees.