Tennessee · Nonprofit
DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,104 to it, the largest being Greene County United Way Inc ($15,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $139k
What Debusk Volunteer Fire Department does
Mission
Volunteer fire department
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Volunteer fire dept
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $7k.
From the IRS filings of DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’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
DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT's grant income comes from Tennessee 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
DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
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 Tennessee
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,104 to it, the largest being Greene County United Way Inc ($15,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $27,104 in grants to DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- Greene County United Way Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEBUSK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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