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Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,141 to it, the largest being VINIK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$92k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$104k
Net assets
$82k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 66%
01What it does

What Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation does

Mission

To promote fire and life safety

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Water Safaety - Providing swimming lessons throughout the community

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  2. Recognition Ceremonies - Honoring members of the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

    $18,945 spent
    100% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,945.

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 ($53k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($42k)2018 Revenue 72 ($38k) Expenses 71 ($26k) Net assets 127 ($53k)2019 Revenue 78 ($41k) Expenses 79 ($30k) Net assets 155 ($64k)2020 Revenue 57 ($30k) Expenses 70 ($26k) Net assets 163 ($68k)2021 Revenue 51 ($27k) Expenses 60 ($23k) Net assets 174 ($72k)2022 Revenue 87 ($46k) Expenses 86 ($32k) Net assets 206 ($86k)2023 Revenue -26 ($-13927) Expenses 121 ($46k) Net assets 63 ($26k)2024 Revenue 75 ($39k) Expenses 133 ($50k) Net assets 38 ($16k)2025 Revenue 174 ($92k) Expenses 67 ($25k) Net assets 198 ($82k)
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Revenue (174)Expenses (67)Net assets (198)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 2024 to 2025, from $16k to $82k (+417%).

$42k
$53k
$64k
$68k
$72k
$86k
$26k
$16k
$82k
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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

51% of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,912 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$15k
’17
$11k
’18
$11k
’19
$4k
’20
$4k
’21
$14k
’22
−$59k
’23
−$10k
’24
$66k
’25
39
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $60k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation’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

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

51% 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 Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation.

48%
largest funder
94%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 52% · 2020 99% · 2021 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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

100% of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation's grant income comes from Florida funders.

FL

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

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’19
’20
’21
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,804 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin72% · top quartile
Months of reserve39.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,804 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 25%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
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

FL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation: 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 Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation?
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,141 to it, the largest being VINIK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $104,141 in grants to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation?
VINIK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing