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EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC

EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,250 to it, the largest being SMURFIT WESTROCK US FOUNDATION F/K/A WESTROCK FOUNDATION ($3,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$120k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$526k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What East Rockaway Fire Department Inc does

Mission

Fire protection and prevention services.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Fire prevention services

    $59,060 spentof which $1,000 as grants$99,492 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $59,060.

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 ($100k) Expenses 100 ($132k) Net assets 100 ($306k)2018 Revenue 137 ($136k) Expenses 89 ($117k) Net assets 106 ($325k)2019 Revenue 139 ($139k) Expenses 55 ($73k) Net assets 128 ($391k)2020 Revenue 126 ($126k) Expenses 54 ($71k) Net assets 146 ($446k)2021 Revenue 128 ($128k) Expenses 60 ($79k) Net assets 162 ($495k)2022 Revenue 124 ($124k) Expenses 78 ($104k) Net assets 168 ($515k)2023 Revenue 114 ($114k) Expenses 86 ($114k) Net assets 168 ($516k)2024 Revenue 120 ($120k) Expenses 83 ($110k) Net assets 172 ($526k)
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Revenue (120)Expenses (83)Net assets (172)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 2020 to 2021, from $510k to $672k (+32%).

$418k
$421k
$471k
$510k
$672k
$675k
$661k
$653k
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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

6% of EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE 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.

−$32k
’17
$19k
’18
$66k
’19
$55k
’20
$49k
’21
$20k
’22
$292
’23
$10k
’24
26
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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Listed1010121112111111
Joined·+2+3+1+2+0+1+4
No longer listed·2121114
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.

From the IRS filings of EAST ROCKAWAY 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 ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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

88%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 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

EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.

NY
GA

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

’20
’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

EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC is better cushioned than half of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · below the median
Months of reserve25.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

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

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 46%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,250 to it, the largest being SMURFIT WESTROCK US FOUNDATION F/K/A WESTROCK FOUNDATION ($3,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,250 in grants to EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
SMURFIT WESTROCK US FOUNDATION F/K/A WESTROCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAST ROCKAWAY FIRE 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 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