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The State Firemens and Fire Marshals Association of Texas

The Association serves the fire and emergency responders of Texas and beyond, exists to improve the Texas fire service, and is committed to the betterment of Texas emergency services.

$332k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $223,850, the rows itemized in this filing. The $332,459 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $108,609 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $177k
$11,175
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Robinson VFD$37,780
Granbury VFD$21,909
Downsville VFD$18,258
Sunset VFD$14,500
Individual grant recipient$13,402
Bethel-Cayuga VFD$13,300
Cisco Fire Department$13,075
Plantersville-Stoneham VFD$12,975
Joaquin VFD$11,175
City of Cooper FD$10,136
Rossville VFD$10,000
Laneville VFD$9,608
Wall VFD$7,192
Paradise VFD$6,550
Holliday Volunteer Fire & Res$6,500
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Ponder VFD: $6k → 8%Paradise VFD: $7k → 8%Timber Lakes VFD Inc: $6k → 9%Holliday Volunteer Fire & Res: $7k → 9%Granbury VFD: $22k → 10%Wall VFD: $7k → 13%Sunset VFD: $15k → 15%Cisco Fire Department: $13k → 15%Austin County EMS: $6k → 15%Plantersville-Stoneham VFD: $13k → 16%Beverly Hills VFD: $13k → 16%Rossville VFD: $10k → 16%City of Cooper FD: $10k → 17%Laneville VFD: $10k → 17%Joaquin VFD: $11k → 21%Robinson VFD: $38k → 16%Downsville VFD: $18k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Valley View Volunteer Fire Department

Volunteer Fire Department that responds to service calls to extinguish fires or help with medical emergencies in the area.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Broadview Volunteer Fire Department

Community volunteer fire deparment

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Littleton Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide fire and rescue services to the citizens of our fire district

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Stickleyville Volunteer Fire Dept

Fire department for the local community of stickleyville, va

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Fort Davis Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Fire Protection & Emergency Rescue

Public Safety & Disaster
6
St Henry Volunteer Fire Department

Fire emergency response - increase fire awareness

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7
Granville Coop Volunteer Fire Department

Volunteer Fire Department

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Marlin Volunteer Fire Department
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9
Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department
Public Safety & Disaster
10
Taylor Township Volunteer Fire Department
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11
Volunteer Firemens Association of Falconer Inc

Volunteer Fire Department

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Valley Fire & Rescue Inc

Protect the lives and property of a rural community through fire suppression services, pre-fire planning and public education.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Timber Lakes Volunteer Fire Dept Inc; the most unlike its peers is Robinson Volunteer Fire Department Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
1/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Robinson Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $37,780 · OtherRobinson Volunteer Fire Department IncDownsville VFD: $18,258 · OtherDownsville VFDIndividual grant recipient: $13,402 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBETHEL-CAYUQA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $13,300 · OtherBETHEL-CAYUQA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTCisco Fire Department: $13,075 · OtherCisco Fire DepartmentPLANTERSVILLE-STONEHAM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $12,975 · OtherPLANTERSVILLE-STONEHAM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTJOAQUIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $11,175 · OtherJOAQUIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCCity of Cooper FD: $10,136 · OtherCity of Cooper FDROSSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,000 · OtherROSSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTLANEVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $9,608 · OtherLANEVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INCPARADISE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $6,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,915 · OtherTIMBER LAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $5,750 · OtherGRANBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $21,909 · Public Safety & DisasterGRANBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPA…SUNSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $14,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSUNSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTWall Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $7,192 · Public Safety & DisasterWall Volunteer Fire Departme…Holliday Volunteer Fire and Rescue Inc: $6,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHolliday Volunteer Fire and …Ponder Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $5,825 · Public Safety & DisasterPonder Volunteer Fire Dept I…
Other$167,924Public Safety & Disaster$55,926

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRobinson Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $37,780 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGRANBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $21,909 over 1y, 12% of budgetSUNSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $14,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetWall Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $7,192 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPARADISE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $6,550 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHolliday Volunteer Fire and Rescue Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetPonder Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $5,825 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTIMBER LAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $5,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The State Firemens and Fire Marshals Association of Texas funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The State Firemens and Fire Marshals Association of Texas. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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