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EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC

EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,243 to it, the largest being VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS INC ($11,843). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$993k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$12k
Net assets
$280k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What East Montpelier Volunteer Fire Department Inc does

Mission

Provide emergency services for the towns of East Montpelier, Calais and Plainfield, Vermont and participate in the mutual aid system supporting emergency services in surrounding communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Responded to 746 emergency calls within the towns of East Montpelier, Calais, Plainfield, and Marshfield, and 67 mutual aid system responses. Also provided fire education and prevention services to the public.

    $975,155 spentof which $3,230 as grants$237,805 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $975,155.

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 ($786k) Expenses 100 ($844k) Net assets 100 ($144k)2018 Revenue 73 ($577k) Expenses 64 ($538k) Net assets 127 ($182k)2019 Revenue 81 ($634k) Expenses 76 ($642k) Net assets 122 ($175k)2020 Revenue 104 ($818k) Expenses 97 ($815k) Net assets 123 ($177k)2021 Revenue 108 ($846k) Expenses 96 ($809k) Net assets 149 ($214k)2022 Revenue 127 ($996k) Expenses 109 ($922k) Net assets 200 ($288k)2023 Revenue 108 ($853k) Expenses 104 ($875k) Net assets 184 ($265k)2024 Revenue 127 ($996k) Expenses 115 ($974k) Net assets 200 ($288k)2025 Revenue 126 ($993k) Expenses 119 ($1.0M) Net assets 194 ($280k)
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Revenue (126)Expenses (119)Net assets (194)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 2021 to 2022, from $214k to $288k (+35%).

$144k
$182k
$175k
$177k
$214k
$288k
$265k
$288k
$280k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 51% · 2018 74% · 2019 77% · 2020 64% · 2021 77% · 2022 61% · 2023 76% · 2024 78% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

76% of EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$58k
’17
$38k
’18
−$7k
’19
$2k
’20
$37k
’21
$74k
’22
−$23k
’23
$22k
’24
−$7k
’25
3.4
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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Listed988778777
Joined·+0+2+0+1+1+4+0+2
No longer listed·12110502
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $200.

From the IRS filings of EAST MONTPELIER 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.

How concentrated its funding is

EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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

97% 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 EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC.

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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 EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.

VT

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

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’23
Vermont 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

EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve3.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.

State$40k
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Top programs
  • Other Grants$28k
  • Grants$5k
  • Agency Fund Payments$3k
  • Other Purchased Services$3k

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 EAST MONTPELIER 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 Vermont

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,243 to it, the largest being VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS INC ($11,843). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,243 in grants to EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,843 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 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