Firemans Relief Association of the Franklin Fire Company

Analysis

Firemans Relief Association of the Franklin Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Chambersburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Firemans Relief Association of the Franklin Fire Company reported income of $71k and spending of $22k, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $77k to $71k (-8.0%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Firemans Relief Association of the Franklin Fire Company sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5 Loaves Food Pantry ($71k), Triton Flight for Heroes Inc ($71k) and Juneau Hospice Foundation ($71k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $824k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $824k.