Kentucky · Nonprofit
DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,600 to it, the largest being FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC ($13,600). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $615k
What Drakesboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to provide fire prevention, suppression, education and other emergency services to the citizens of drakesboro, kentucky and other areas as needed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Responded to emergency calls in order to provide fire suppression, prevention, education and other emergency services to the community of drakesboro kentucky
$14,504 spent28% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$37,197 spent72% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $51,701.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $355k to $551k (+55%).
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: 2024 2% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’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. 0 of the last 4 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
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
DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $241k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$241k
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 DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% 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 DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: 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 DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,600 to it, the largest being FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC ($13,600). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $13,600 in grants to DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DRAKESBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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