South Media Fire Company No 1

Analysis

South Media Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Media, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, South Media Fire Company No 1 reported income of $122k and spending of $224k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $109k to $122k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, South Media Fire Company No 1 sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little League Baseball Inc ($122k), Beaver County Regional Council of Governments ($122k) and Focus Inc ($122k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $879k against liabilities of $71k, net assets of $808k.