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GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT

GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE ELLEN KNOWLES HARCOURT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$233k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$1.2M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Gaylordsville Volunteer Fire Dept does

Mission

The mission of the gaylordsville volunteer fire department is to provide fire protection and rescue services to the gaylordsville fire district and the town of new milford.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide fire protection services to the gaylordsville fire district and the town of new milford

    $272,294 spent$85 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $272,294.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($190k) Expenses 100 ($230k) Net assets 100 ($990k)2021 Revenue 316 ($598k) Expenses 107 ($245k) Net assets 136 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 130 ($247k) Expenses 127 ($292k) Net assets 131 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 136 ($257k) Expenses 143 ($328k) Net assets 124 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 146 ($277k) Expenses 119 ($273k) Net assets 124 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 123 ($233k) Expenses 132 ($302k) Net assets 117 ($1.2M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (123)Expenses (132)Net assets (117)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 $990k to $1.3M (+36%).

$990k
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.2M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 90% · 2021 92% · 2022 85% · 2023 96% · 2024 93% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT’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 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$40k
’20
$354k
’21
−$45k
’22
−$70k
’23
$4k
’24
−$69k
’25
8.4
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.

Board chair

William Zehrung

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed10165141414
Joined·+7+1+9+0+0
No longer listed·112000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT’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 GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

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

GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT's revenue grew 23% between 2020 and 2025.

Operating margin−29% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve8.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: 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 GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT?
GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE ELLEN KNOWLES HARCOURT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
Who is the largest funder of GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT?
THE ELLEN KNOWLES HARCOURT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GAYLORDSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2020–2025), 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