Connecticut · Nonprofit
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.
Against its field
BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,939 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,939 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Leary Firefighters Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Incshared funders
- Nextdoor Foundationportfolio match
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.
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.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 5 funders put you under-funded among the 228 organizations that share them.
- The Leary Firefighters Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchNY · backs 9 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Incshared fundersCT · backs 9 organizations that share your funders
- Nextdoor Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association of Md Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- South River Emc Community Assistance Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gary Sinise Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mid-South Resource Conservation and Development Council Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pee Dee Electric Membership Corpportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Scott Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Virginia Lee Upham and Chester R Upham Jr Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
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.
- 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
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
21% 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
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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
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.
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 5funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing