Greenfields Fire Company

Analysis

Greenfields Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Reading, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2024, 2 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, Greenfields Fire Company reported income of $149k and spending of $147k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $85k to $149k (+75%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 164% 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, Greenfields Fire Company sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntington Fire Company Incorporated ($149k), North Towanda Fire and Rescue Volunteers ($149k) and Bordens Hose Company No 1 of Mt Upton New York ($149k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $660k against liabilities of $182k, net assets of $478k.