Catawissa Hose Company 1

Analysis

Catawissa Hose Company 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Catawissa, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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, Catawissa Hose Company 1 reported income of $141k and spending of $154k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $262k to $141k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Catawissa Hose Company 1 sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lisle Fire Company Inc ($141k), Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($141k) and Flying Point Foundation for Autism ($141k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% of the total. It paid $991 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $699k against liabilities of $150k, net assets of $549k.