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CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC

CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,375 to it, the largest being Ehrenkranz Family Foundation ($12,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$183k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$35k
Net assets
$1.1M
8/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department Department Inc does

Mission

To provide the highest level of fire protection, fire prevention, rescue and emergency medical services to the residents, businesses and visitors of our fire district.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Various community services which includes fighting fires and teaching fire safety and first aid, especially to senior citizens and youth groups within the community.

    $114,362 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $114,362.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($51k) Expenses 100 ($113k) Net assets 100 ($934k)2018 Revenue 249 ($126k) Expenses 76 ($86k) Net assets 85 ($790k)2019 Revenue 254 ($129k) Expenses 81 ($92k) Net assets 103 ($963k)2020 Revenue 249 ($126k) Expenses 75 ($85k) Net assets 113 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 310 ($157k) Expenses 103 ($116k) Net assets 117 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 272 ($138k) Expenses 105 ($119k) Net assets 105 ($978k)2023 Revenue 279 ($141k) Expenses 116 ($132k) Net assets 106 ($988k)2024 Revenue 360 ($183k) Expenses 125 ($142k) Net assets 117 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (360)Expenses (125)Net assets (117)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.1M to $888k (−16%).

$1.1M
$888k
$964k
$1.1M
$1.1M
$978k
$992k
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

29% of CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$63k
’17
$40k
’18
$37k
’19
$42k
’20
$41k
’21
$19k
’22
$10k
’23
$41k
’24
20
months of
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.

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Listed44555555
Joined·+2+1+0+0+0+2+0
No longer listed·2000020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $12k.

From the IRS filings of CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 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

CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

35%
largest funder
86%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 79% · 2022 76% · 2023 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.

How long its funders stay

67% of CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

59% of CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
VA
FL

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

’17
’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York 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

CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · above the median
Months of reserve20.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

80%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC?
CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,375 to it, the largest being Ehrenkranz Family Foundation ($12,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $35,375 in grants to CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT INC?
Ehrenkranz Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 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 10 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