Ligoner Volunteer Hose Co 1

Analysis

Ligoner Volunteer Hose Co 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Ligonier, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Ligoner Volunteer Hose Co 1 reported income of $244k and spending of $424k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $134k to $244k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 317%. Over the whole period it spent 39% 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, Ligoner Volunteer Hose Co 1 sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emory Volunteer Fire Department ($243k), Alpine Fire Safe Council ($244k) and Corinth Rural Fire Board Inc ($243k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $171k, net assets of $1.9m.