Alert Hook & Ladder Company No 2

Analysis

Alert Hook & Ladder Company No 2 is a registered charity in United States, based in Honesdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Alert Hook & Ladder Company No 2 reported income of $149k and spending of $60k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $76k to $149k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Alert Hook & Ladder Company No 2 sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Converse Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($149k), Garland Volunteer Fire Department ($149k) and Huhtamaki Hardship Fund Inc ($149k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.0m.