Fuller Hose Company No 1

Analysis

Fuller Hose Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in North East, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1995, 31 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fuller Hose Company No 1 reported income of $240k and spending of $332k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $178k to $240k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Fuller Hose Company No 1 sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Snake River Valley Ambulance Fund ($240k), Racing for Relief Inc ($240k) and Port Crane Fire Co Inc ($240k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $800 (0.2% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $676k, net assets of $1.3m.