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BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE

BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,100 to it, the largest being FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC ($7,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2017
$123k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$14k
Net assets
$607k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Bungay Fire Brigade does

Mission

The organization's mission is the preservation and protection of life and property from and during fires and other emergencies as may occur in west woodstock, woodstock valley and the primary service area.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

Program

The organization's mission is the preservation and protection of life and property from and during fires and other emergencies as may occur in west woodstock, woodstock valley and the primary service area. The organization develops, updates, maintains, and is guided in accordance with a set of standard operating guidelines.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $7k → $3k.

From the IRS filings of BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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

BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

50% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE.

50%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 81% — 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

BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 3 states in all.

MA
CT
RI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
’20
Connecticut out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,939 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin73% · top quartile
Months of reserve26.4mo · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,939 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017

Government funding BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17k on record.

State$17k
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20
22
23
24
26
Top programs
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$16k
  • Reimbursements$1k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

21% of spending goes to programs.

Program 21%Management 79%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
67%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE: 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 BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE?
BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,100 to it, the largest being FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC ($7,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $14,100 in grants to BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE?
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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