Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP
LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,108 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($66,108). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $402k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Lafayette Fire Co of East Lampeter Township does
Mission
The volunteer members of the lafayette fire company of east lampeter township dedicate their efforts to provide for the safety, protection, and welfare of the public through the preservation of life, property, and the environment. They will achieve this through a team of dedicated volunteers trained in the practices of fire suppression, rescue techniques, disaster awareness and preparedness, all while encouraging an atmosphere that promotes compassion, diversity, innovation and professional development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To provide volunteer firefighting and other emergency services to the surrounding community. Lafayette fire company serves approximately 16,000 residents residing in portions of east lampeter township, west lampeter township, and lancaster township. Additionally, lafayette fire company serves various hotels, schools, industrial, and commercial entities.
$487,723 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $487,723.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $4.7M to $5.3M (+11%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 41% · 2018 76% · 2019 56% · 2020 55% · 2021 70% · 2022 49% · 2023 13% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $9k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 86% · 2022 84% · 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
93% of LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP
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.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP?
- LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,108 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($66,108). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $71,108 in grants to LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP?
- LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $66,108 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAFAYETTE FIRE CO OF EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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