Iowa · Nonprofit
BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $68,000 to it, the largest being MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT INC ($68,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $136k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $221k
What Bronson Fire Department Inc does
Mission
The mission of the bronson volunteer fire department is to provide superior service to the people of the bronson volunteer fire protection district in an effort to protect their lives, property and environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The mission of the bronson volunteer fire department is to provide superior service to the people of the bronson volunteer fire protection district in an effort to protect their lives, property and environment.
The mission of the bronson volunteer fire department is to provide superior service to the people of the bronson volunteer fire protection district in an effort to protect their lives, property and environment.
$76,355 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,355.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $334k to $354k (+6%).
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 BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $43k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of BRONSON 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.
Where its funders are
100% of BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from Iowa 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
BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 BRONSON 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $68,000 to it, the largest being MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT INC ($68,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $68,000 in grants to BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $68,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRONSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2023–2024), 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