Reliance Fire Company

Analysis

Reliance Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Berwick, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2010, 16 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, Reliance Fire Company reported income of $124k and spending of $100k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $272k to $124k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Reliance Fire Company sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($124k), Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association Inc ($124k) and Seaford Hook Ladder and Engine Company No 1 Inc ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 1.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $1.1m.