Delaware · Nonprofit
DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION
DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION (Delaware) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $533 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($533). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $648k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $533
- Net assets
- $874k
What Delaware Volunteer Firefighter's Association does
Mission
Represent delaware volunteer fire companies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The association represents delaware volunteer fire companies on a statewide & national basis. The purpose of the association is to serve, promote, advocate, coordinate, represent and support the interest of the member companies in the performance of providing fire, rescue, emergency medical, and other emergency response related services to the citizens of the state of delaware.
$403,976 spentof which $6,000 as grants$236,442 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $403,976.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $702k to $874k (+24%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 47% · 2018 39% · 2023 11% · 2024 30% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $100.
From the IRS filings of DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 1 state 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.
Against its field
DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record — $1.3M federal, $43k state.
- Department of Homeland Security$1.3M
- INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES$18k
- REFUND-CONTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS$14k
- ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$10k
- TRAINING$353
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 DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION
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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION: 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 DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION?
- DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION (Delaware) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $533 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($533). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $533 in grants to DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $533 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELAWARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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