Texas · Public charity
Lamar County Fire Fighters Association
Oversees donations for 19 volunteer fire departments in lamar county
- $267k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $257k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,609
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,992
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lamar County Fire Fighters Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $257k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $201k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $193k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powderly Volunteer Fire Department | $150,602 | 4 | n/a |
| Faught Community Center Volunteer Fire Department | $81,715 | 4 | 15% |
| Blossom Vfd | $79,984 | 4 | n/a |
| Brookston Vfd | $70,201 | 4 | 34% |
| Reno Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department | $63,821 | 4 | 39% |
| Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department | $61,486 | 4 | n/a |
| Lamar Point-Emberson-Caviness Volunteer Fire Department | $54,921 | 4 | n/a |
| Tigertown Volunteer Fire Dept | $48,010 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicota Vfd | $45,829 | 4 | n/a |
| Lamar County Midway Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $36,922 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powderly Volunteer Fire Department | $150,602 | 4 | n/a |
| Faught Community Center Volunteer Fire Department | $81,715 | 4 | 15% |
| Blossom Vfd | $79,984 | 4 | n/a |
| Brookston Vfd | $70,201 | 4 | 34% |
| Reno Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department | $63,821 | 4 | 39% |
| Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department | $61,486 | 4 | n/a |
| Lamar Point-Emberson-Caviness Volunteer Fire Department | $54,921 | 4 | n/a |
| Tigertown Volunteer Fire Dept | $48,010 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicota Vfd | $45,829 | 4 | n/a |
| Lamar County Midway Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $36,922 | 4 | n/a |
| Roxton Volunteer Fire Department | $36,177 | 4 | 14% |
| Direct Volunteer Fire Department | $32,939 | 4 | n/a |
| Biardstown Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $27,638 | 4 | n/a |
| Novice Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $25,008 | 4 | n/a |
| Deport Volunteer Fire Department | $23,358 | 4 | n/a |
| East Post Oak Vfd | $21,338 | 4 | n/a |
| Taylor Town Volunteer Fire Department | $15,916 | 3 | n/a |
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About Lamar County Fire Fighters Association
- How much does Lamar County Fire Fighters Association give?
- Lamar County Fire Fighters Association reported 17 itemized grants totaling $256,783, out of $266,551 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Lamar County Fire Fighters Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (100%).
- Who are Lamar County Fire Fighters Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Powderly Volunteer Fire Department ($151k), Faught Community Center Volunteer Fire Department ($82k), Blossom Vfd ($80k).
- Does Lamar County Fire Fighters Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Lamar County Fire Fighters Association based?
- Lamar County Fire Fighters Association is based in TX.
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