Connecticut · Nonprofit
BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC
BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,066 to it, the largest being THE BIDWELL FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Berlin Firefighters Benefit Assoc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to support public safety and the volunteer fire departments in the town of berlin ct.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To pormote public safety and support four volunteer fire departments in berlin, ct.
$46,635 spentof which $44,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,635.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $55k to $14k (−74%).
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.
100% of BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (85% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC’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
BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 94% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC has grown faster than half of the 2,045 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,045 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC?
- BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,066 to it, the largest being THE BIDWELL FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,066 in grants to BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC?
- THE BIDWELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERLIN FIREFIGHTERS BENEFIT ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2017–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing