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ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE

ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $300,950 to it, the largest being The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc ($297,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$81k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$301k
Net assets
$104k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 60%
01What it does

What Ellettsville Volunteer Fire does

Mission

Fire protection

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Fire protection for town of ellettsville and richland township. Safety training for personal and community cpr fire exticguisher and protection

    $75,043 spent
    89% of program spending

  2. Cpr

    $5,666 spent
    7% of program spending

  3. Alert all order - fire prevention material to pass out

    $3,706 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $84,415.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($58k) Expenses 100 ($68k) Net assets 100 ($45k)2019 Revenue 116 ($67k) Expenses 81 ($55k) Net assets 257 ($115k)2023 Revenue 148 ($86k) Expenses 130 ($89k) Net assets 217 ($97k)2024 Revenue 189 ($110k) Expenses 110 ($75k) Net assets 294 ($132k)2025 Revenue 139 ($81k) Expenses 158 ($108k) Net assets 231 ($104k)
20182019202320242025
Revenue (139)Expenses (158)Net assets (231)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $45k to $115k (+157%).

$45k
$115k
$97k
$132k
$104k
20182019202320242025
Total assets

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.

2018
2019
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,797 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10k
’18
$12k
’19
−$3k
’23
$35k
’24
−$27k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $46k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
2
1
2

From the IRS filings of ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE’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

ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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

99%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.

“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

99% of ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IN
RI
TN

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

’17
’18
’19
’22
’23
Indiana 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

ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE has grown faster than half of the 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−34% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Indiana

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE: 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 ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE?
ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $300,950 to it, the largest being The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc ($297,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $300,950 in grants to ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE?
The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $297,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ELLETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2018–2025), 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