Topton Volunteer Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Topton Volunteer Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Topton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 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, Topton Volunteer Fire Company No 1 reported income of $596k and spending of $442k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $341k to $596k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Topton Volunteer Fire Company No 1 sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newstead Fire Company ($595k), Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Company ($597k) and National Drowning Prevention Alliance ($595k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $338k, net assets of $1.9m.