Easton Emergency Squad

Analysis

Easton Emergency Squad is a registered charity in United States, based in Easton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 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, Easton Emergency Squad reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.7m (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Easton Emergency Squad sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include District 2 Fire and Rescue ($1.7m), Ascend Cares Foundation ($1.7m) and Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Dept Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.8% and program service revenue 78% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $814k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $834, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 42 employees.