Pioneer Hose Company 1

Analysis

Pioneer Hose Company 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Brackenridge, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 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, Pioneer Hose Company 1 reported income of $179k and spending of $216k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $101k to $179k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 155% 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, Pioneer Hose Company 1 sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phoenix Volunteer Fire Co 1 ($179k), Manatee County Search & Rescue Inc ($179k) and Anderson County Volunteer Fire Department Marlow Unit ($179k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% of the total. It paid $2,112 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $910k against liabilities of $635k, net assets of $274k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.