Windber Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Windber Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Windber, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 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, Windber Fire Company No 1 reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $844k to $1.0m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Windber Fire Company No 1 sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swormville Fire Company Inc ($1.0m), Newtown Fire Association ($1.0m) and Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $519k. At year end it held assets of $941k against liabilities of $586k, net assets of $354k. It reported 36 employees.