Wisconsin · Nonprofit
BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC
BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $64k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $80k
What Bug Firefighters Inc does
Mission
Purchase firefighting and safety equipment
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
A new battery operated 'jaws' extrication package was purchased for department use. The new equipment will be carried on our truck in any situation of need.
$33,835 spentof which $33,835 as grants50% of program spendingA new h.p. Air compressor was purchased to allow in house filling of our higher presure air bottles which are part of our scba units
$30,812 spentof which $30,812 as grants46% of program spendingWe purchased two new 'throw extinguishers' for use by first arriving personnel to delay and setback the spread of the fire until additional response units arrive
$2,013 spentof which $2,013 as grants3% of program spendingBug firefighters, inc. Uses the money it obtains from fundraising activities to purchase firefighting and safety equipment supporting our mission to provide emergency and safety services to residents and visitors in our protection area. 1. In 2025, we again held our car and motor show, our largest fundraising activity of the year. The show generated 18,408 of revenue offfset by exepsenses of 9,114, for a total net gain of 9,294. 2. In conjunction with the car and motor show, we also conducted a raffle which generated revenue of 15,100 offset by expenses of 4,182 for a net gain of 10,918. 3. Also in 2025, we received general donations to our organization in the amount of 42,927 with no expenses. In 2025, our firefighters fund made serveral disbursements for items in support of our mission including: a. A new battery operated 'jaws' extrication equipment for 33,835. B. A new h.p. Air compressor to allow in house filling of our scba air bottles for 30,812. C. Two new 'throw' extinguishers for use by first on scene personnel to delay the spread of a fire, 2,013. D. Equipment for the weight room in the amount of 845. E. Administrative costs in the amount of 454 were incurred in 2025.
$845 spentof which $845 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,505.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $84k to $80k (−5%).
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.
99% of BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BUG FIREFIGHTERS 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 BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC's revenue fell 55% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Wisconsin
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUG FIREFIGHTERS 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 BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC?
- BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC?
- DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUG FIREFIGHTERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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