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HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC

HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,300 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST ALABAMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPEMENT COUNCIL ($13,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$277k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$29k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Houston Volunteer Fire Department Inc does

Mission

Volunteer Fire Department

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Conducted fire and ems services in 4 communities

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($88k) Net assets 100 ($56k)2022 Revenue 132 ($126k) Expenses 129 ($114k) Net assets 59 ($33k)2023 Revenue 146 ($140k) Expenses 173 ($152k) Net assets 38 ($21k)2024 Revenue 307 ($294k) Expenses 336 ($296k) Net assets 39 ($22k)2025 Revenue 290 ($277k) Expenses 307 ($271k) Net assets 51 ($29k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (290)Expenses (307)Net assets (51)

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 $121k to $33k (−73%).

$121k
$33k
$21k
$22k
$29k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’21
$12k
’22
−$12k
’23
−$1k
’24
$7k
’25
1.3
months of
reserve
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
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 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.

Where its funders are

100% of HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

AL

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

Government funding HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $278k on record.

Federal$278k
grants $278kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Homeland Security$278k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AL

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Questions and answers

Who funds HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,300 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST ALABAMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPEMENT COUNCIL ($13,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $13,300 in grants to HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPEMENT COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $13,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HOUSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2021–2025), 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