New Jersey · Nonprofit
HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,033 to it, the largest being THE MARRON FOUNDATION INC ($28,158). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $40k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $124k
What Ho-Ho-Kus Volunteer Fire Department does
Mission
Fire protection, prevention, education and training
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Annual Open House with instructional demonstrations on fire safety in the home.Education of other First Responder Activies including collisionentrapment and use of fire extinguishers in the home.
$3,107 spent11% of program spendingTo provide firefighters and attendees to Department functions with food and beveragesfor various events - meetings - drills - Community Service Demonstrations -Open House - Serious Incidents - Disasters
$21,521 spent79% of program spendingIn addition to training budgeted by he Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus provide additional trainingopportunities for members performed by our own Department or by other State and Local Government enties. Purchase of supplimental equipment in Goverment Budget
$1,690 spent6% of program spendingProvide collage scholarships for community service for the community and community donations to further their public missions
$800 spentof which $800 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,118.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $176k to $139k (−21%).
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.
99% of HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $24k → $500.
From the IRS filings of HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’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
HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 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
86% of HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT's revenue fell 78% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,076 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In New Jersey
Nationally
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,033 to it, the largest being THE MARRON FOUNDATION INC ($28,158). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $33,033 in grants to HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- THE MARRON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,158 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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