Lower Saucon Fire Rescue

Analysis

Lower Saucon Fire Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethlehem, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Lower Saucon Fire Rescue reported income of $777k and spending of $1.2m, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $730k to $777k (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lower Saucon Fire Rescue sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upper Kennebec Valley Ambulance Service ($777k), Our Safe Place LLC ($777k) and Healing Native Hearts Coalition ($777k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 19% of the total. It paid $6,473 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $555k, net assets of $3.5m.