Virginia · Nonprofit
MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE
MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being FRENCH FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $504k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $415k
What Meherrin Volunteer Fire & Rescue does
Mission
The organization's mission is to provide fire and ems services to meherrin, va and the vicinity in rural prince edward and lunenburg county. The most significant activities of the organization include operation of a licensed va ems agency and operation of full fire services, including vehicle extrication. Furthermore, the organization controls wild land fires and rural structure fires. The organization maintains facilities in the community to assist in emergency disaster response and recovery as resources allow.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
The organization has provided fire and ems services to 112 square miles in rural southside virginia since 1954. In 1999, the organization started the first responder program which led to the purchase of an ambulance in 2001 to support emergency transport in the area.
$329,780 spent$178,182 earned by the program82% of program spendingCommunity services - the organization maintains a community center that has weekly bingo, maintains a ball field for local activities and allows the community at no cost to meet and socialize at the facility. In addition, the organization has established a shelter for emergencies.
The organization has provided fire and ems services to 112 square miles in rural southside virginia since 1954. In 1999, the organization started the first responder program which led to the purchase of an ambulance in 2001 to support emergency transport in the area.
$70,350 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $400,130.
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.
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 $352k to $602k (+71%).
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 56% · 2019 52% · 2020 74% · 2021 66% · 2022 45% · 2023 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE’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 MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
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.
Organizations like MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE: 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 MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE?
- MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being FRENCH FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE.
- Who is the largest funder of MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE?
- FRENCH FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEHERRIN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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