Manchester Fire Engine & Hook & Ladder Co No 1

Analysis

Manchester Fire Engine & Hook & Ladder Co No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Manchester, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1990, 36 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 June 2024, Manchester Fire Engine & Hook & Ladder Co No 1 reported income of $752k and spending of $456k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $1.5m to $752k (-49%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Manchester Fire Engine & Hook & Ladder Co No 1 sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disaster Relief at Work Inc ($751k), Norwood Fire Co-1 ($753k) and Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Assn Inc ($750k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $22k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $92k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 22 employees.