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Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk

As volunteers and within the capabilities of our equipment and training, we pledge to protect the people of the big elk community area from emergencies and natural disasters, and to render assistance in the event of medical emergencies. Beyond the immediate safety of our neighbors, we also strive to protect the forest which surrounds us…

$308k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2025
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Median grant, FY2025
$170,533
Largest grant, FY2025
$170,533
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$222k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2025 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boulder Outdoor Center$170,5331n/a
Colorado Energy Office$137,7001n/a

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About Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk

How much does Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk give?
Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk reported 2 grants totaling $308,233 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk fund?
By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (55%), Environment (45%).
Who are Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: Boulder Outdoor Center ($171k), Colorado Energy Office ($138k).
Where is Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk based?
Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk is based in CO.

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 2 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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