Relief Association of the Clarks Summit Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Relief Association of the Clarks Summit Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarks Summit, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Relief Association of the Clarks Summit Fire Co No 1 reported income of $65k and spending of $44k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $59k to $65k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Relief Association of the Clarks Summit Fire Co No 1 sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red Oak Volunteer Fire & Rescue ($65k), Canastota Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($65k) and Gainesville Fire Department Inc ($65k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.