Pleasant Gap Fire Co No 1

Analysis

Pleasant Gap Fire Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Pleasant Gap, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 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, Pleasant Gap Fire Co No 1 reported income of $865k and spending of $876k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $610k to $865k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 31%. 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, Pleasant Gap Fire Co No 1 sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rapids Fire Co of Town of Lockport ($865k), Ukraine Aid International ($868k) and Victoria Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated ($863k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $437k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 27 employees.