Clarion Fire and Hose Company No 1

Analysis

Clarion Fire and Hose Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarion, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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, Clarion Fire and Hose Company No 1 reported income of $175k and spending of $159k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $155k to $175k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Clarion Fire and Hose Company No 1 sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grantsboro-Silverhill Volnteer Fire Dept and Emergency Services Inc ($175k), River Bend Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($175k) and Jennerstown Volunteer Fire Dept ($175k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $282k, net assets of $865k.