New York · Nonprofit
Brewster Fire Department Inc
Brewster Fire Department Inc (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,085 to it, the largest being MARGARET F FOWLER CHARITABLE TR 146-8806984 ($43,101). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $297k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $64k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Brewster Fire Department Inc does
Mission
The purpose and object of this organization is to provide efficient and highly trained Fire and EMS services to residents, and visitors who live and/or conduct business within the Brewster-Southeast Joint Fire District which is located in Putnam County, New York. The Brewster Fire Department, Inc. maintains a roster of approximately 125 members (Fire and EMS). Of the 125 Fire and EMS members who volunteer their time, 100 of these members are classified as "Active Members" as defined under the Department's By-Laws. The "Active Members" of the Brewster Fire Department provide Fire and EMS protection services to over 20,000 residents, covering over 34 square miles. The "Active Members" of the Brewster Fire Department are highly trained, and respond to over 3,000 Fire and EMS calls each year.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Department provides training and access to training courses to its volunteers to maintain and enhance their fire and emergency medical service skills. The Department also conducts recruitment and retention activities promoting volunteer membership. This is most often accomplished by staging open houses, conducting public awareness and eductional programs, hosting social events and other recreational activities.
$193,663 spentof which $17,854 as grants$124,608 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $193,663.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.2M (−13%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 51% · 2022 52% · 2023 43% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of Brewster Fire Department Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $250 → $18k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Brewster Fire Department 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
Brewster Fire Department Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 77% · 2022 55% · 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
Brewster Fire Department Inc draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Brewster Fire Department Inc is better cushioned than half of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Brewster Fire Department 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Brewster Fire Department 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 Brewster Fire Department Inc?
- Brewster Fire Department Inc (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,085 to it, the largest being MARGARET F FOWLER CHARITABLE TR 146-8806984 ($43,101). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Brewster Fire Department Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $64,085 in grants to Brewster Fire Department Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Brewster Fire Department Inc?
- MARGARET F FOWLER CHARITABLE TR 146-8806984 is the largest funder on record, with $43,101 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Brewster Fire Department Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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