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BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC

BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,399 to it, the largest being FAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ($39,899). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$151k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$45k
Net assets
$416k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Bentonville Volunteer Fire Departme Inc does

Mission

To provide fire protection, first aid, and rescue services to the citizens and businesses in our fire district. Also to provide mutual aid to surrounding fire departments and government agencies.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. To provide fire protection, first aid, and rescue services to the citizens and businesses in our fire district. Also to provide mutual aid to surrounding fire departments and government agencies.

    $123,280 spentof which $25 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $123,280.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($68k) Expenses 100 ($54k) Net assets 100 ($338k)2021 Revenue 90 ($61k) Expenses 114 ($61k) Net assets 100 ($338k)2022 Revenue 143 ($97k) Expenses 111 ($60k) Net assets 111 ($375k)2023 Revenue 168 ($114k) Expenses 137 ($73k) Net assets 123 ($415k)2024 Revenue 111 ($75k) Expenses 189 ($101k) Net assets 115 ($388k)2025 Revenue 223 ($151k) Expenses 230 ($123k) Net assets 123 ($416k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (223)Expenses (230)Net assets (123)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 2024 to 2025, from $388k to $466k (+20%).

$338k
$338k
$375k
$415k
$388k
$466k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC’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 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’20
−$306
’21
$37k
’22
$40k
’23
−$26k
’24
$28k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $3k.

Funder
'20
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC.

88%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

88% of BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

MN
IN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · 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.

Public support

80%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC?
BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,399 to it, the largest being FAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ($39,899). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $45,399 in grants to BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC?
FAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $39,899 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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