Seelyville Fire Company

Analysis

Seelyville Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Honesdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2006, 20 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, Seelyville Fire Company reported income of $96k and spending of $133k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $91k to $96k (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Seelyville Fire Company sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middle Springs Volunteer Fire Association Inc Vermont ($96k), Friends of Sea Cliff Volunteer Fire Department ($96k) and Penn Yan Volunteer Fire Companies Inc ($96k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 2.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $729k against liabilities of $282k, net assets of $447k.