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BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (West Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$188k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$488k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Bancroft Volunteer Fire Department does

Mission

Organization is a Volunteer Fire Department Provides fire protection rescue first responder medical assistance to Bancroft WV and surrounding communities Also assists other state and local fire departments as needed The organization conducts community awareness events and education and training to current and prospective volunteers

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The department traveled to Hometown Elementary School to speak to the kids about fire prevention.

    $360 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $360.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($59k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($256k)2018 Revenue 99 ($59k) Expenses 98 ($23k) Net assets 114 ($292k)2019 Revenue 313 ($186k) Expenses 882 ($209k) Net assets 105 ($269k)2020 Revenue 188 ($112k) Expenses 471 ($112k) Net assets 105 ($269k)2021 Revenue 110 ($65k) Expenses 286 ($68k) Net assets 104 ($267k)2022 Revenue 110 ($66k) Expenses 213 ($50k) Net assets 110 ($282k)2023 Revenue 162 ($96k) Expenses 296 ($70k) Net assets 120 ($308k)2024 Revenue 189 ($112k) Expenses 90 ($21k) Net assets 156 ($399k)2025 Revenue 317 ($188k) Expenses 420 ($99k) Net assets 191 ($488k)
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Revenue (317)Expenses (420)Net assets (191)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $308k to $399k (+30%).

$256k
$292k
$269k
$269k
$267k
$336k
$308k
$399k
$488k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

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2018
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2021
2022
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$36k
’17
$36k
’18
−$23k
’19
$100
’20
−$2k
’21
$15k
’22
$26k
’23
$91k
’24
$89k
’25
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WV

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (West Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Who is the largest funder of BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BANCROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing