Connecticut · Nonprofit
BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC
BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,360 to it, the largest being R T VANDERBILT TRUST AGY MAIN ($3,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $982k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Bethel Volunteer Fire Dept Inc does
Mission
The bethel volunteer fire dept., inc. Is a nonprofit organization organized and operated as a volunteer fire company to provide fire protection and ambulance and rescue services to the town of bethel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fire-rescue and emergency medical services.
$754,321 spent$762,886 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $754,321.
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.
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 $971k to $1.2M (+24%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $600 → $500.
From the IRS filings of BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT 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
BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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% · 2019 100% · 2021 76% · 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
91% of BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC'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.
Organizations like BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC
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.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: 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 BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC?
- BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,360 to it, the largest being R T VANDERBILT TRUST AGY MAIN ($3,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $4,360 in grants to BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC?
- R T VANDERBILT TRUST AGY MAIN is the largest funder on record, with $3,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETHEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC 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 3 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