Wind Gap Fire Co

Analysis

Wind Gap Fire Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Wind Gap, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2011, 15 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, Wind Gap Fire Co reported income of $730k and spending of $385k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $730k (+278%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 285%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Wind Gap Fire Co sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Staples Cause for Caring Inc ($730k), Fairfax Ems Inc ($730k) and Shallotte Point Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($728k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $911k.