Maryland · Nonprofit
FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC
FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,071 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($3,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $59k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $474k
What Fireman's Fund of the Gaithersburg- Washington Grove Fire Dept Inc does
Mission
Fire and rescue services
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Providing fire and rescue services to the community as well as providing fire safety community awareness programs.
$77,417 spent83% of program spendingProviding fire and rescue services to the community as well as providing fire safety community awareness programs.
$15,868 spent17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,285.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $638k to $562k (−12%).
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: 2019 3% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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 2 funders, grant income rose $823 → $2k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT 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
FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 88% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,076 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Gaithersburg Washington Grove Vfd · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC?
- FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,071 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($3,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,071 in grants to FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC?
- VERIZON 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 FIREMAN'S FUND OF THE GAITHERSBURG- WASHINGTON GROVE FIRE DEPT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2019–2024), 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