Chicora Independent Hose Company

Analysis

Chicora Independent Hose Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicora, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Chicora Independent Hose Company reported income of $157k and spending of $146k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $103k to $157k (+52%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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, Chicora Independent Hose Company sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dayton District Volunteer Fire Dept ($157k), Blackjack Volunteer Fire Dept ($157k) and Behind the Line Inc ($157k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $425k against liabilities of $156k, net assets of $270k. It reported 11 employees.