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Islip Fire Department

Islip Fire Department (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being Gemini Industries Inc Foundation ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$202k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$250
Net assets
$145k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Islip Fire Department does

Mission

Located 38 miles east of New York City, the hamlet of Islip rests on Long Islands south shore in Western Suffolk County. The Islip Fire Department is comprised of 120 proud volunteers providing fire protection and emergency medical care to over 30,000 residents and the thousands more who work and travel through our town daily. Within the 7.5 square mile response area there are over 6,500 privates homes, 200 various commercial businesses, 2 major roadways and numerous marinas that require our service on an average of 1200 times per year. Islip volunteers are also responsible for emergency coverage on the Great South Bay as well as the Atlantic Ocean.Our department is made up of four companies, two engine companies, a Hook & Ladder Company and a Fire Police Company. From these ranks we also support a Rescue Squad which provides the highest level of emergency advanced life support and a Tactical Rescue Squad that is prepared to answer difficult and complex emergencies such as high ang

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Islip Fire Department was organized for the prevention and extinguishment of dangerous fire and for saving life and property from destruction by fire for families of the entire community it is organized and dedicated to serve.

    $157,704 spentof which $122,618 as grants$122,618 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $157,704.

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 ($171k) Expenses 100 ($176k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2018 Revenue 99 ($170k) Expenses 91 ($160k) Net assets 126 ($50k)2019 Revenue 106 ($181k) Expenses 103 ($181k) Net assets 125 ($49k)2020 Revenue 55 ($94k) Expenses 61 ($108k) Net assets 91 ($36k)2021 Revenue 80 ($136k) Expenses 60 ($105k) Net assets 170 ($67k)2022 Revenue 69 ($118k) Expenses 73 ($129k) Net assets 142 ($56k)2023 Revenue 65 ($112k) Expenses 63 ($111k) Net assets 143 ($56k)2024 Revenue 124 ($213k) Expenses 89 ($157k) Net assets 286 ($112k)2025 Revenue 118 ($202k) Expenses 96 ($169k) Net assets 369 ($145k)
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Revenue (118)Expenses (96)Net assets (369)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 2023 to 2024, from $56k to $112k (+99%).

$39k
$50k
$49k
$36k
$67k
$69k
$56k
$112k
$145k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 48% · 2018 50% · 2019 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

49% of Islip Fire Department’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,496 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’17
$10k
’18
−$525
’19
−$13k
’20
$31k
’21
−$11k
’22
$711
’23
$56k
’24
$33k
’25
10
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.

20172018201920242025
Listed66655
Joined·+0+1·+1
No longer listed·01·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Islip 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.

Where its funders are

Islip Fire Department draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.

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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

Islip Fire Department runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,208 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve10.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,208 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Islip Fire Department

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
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

NY

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Islip Fire Department Engine Co No 1 · exempt
  • Islip Fire Department Engine Co No 2 · exempt
  • Islip Fire Department Hook & Ladder Company · exempt
  • Islip Fire Department Fire Police · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Islip Fire Department?
Islip Fire Department (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being Gemini Industries Inc Foundation ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Islip Fire Department have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $250 in grants to Islip Fire Department.
Who is the largest funder of Islip Fire Department?
Gemini Industries Inc Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Islip Fire Department find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing