Connecticut · Nonprofit
MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,938 to it, the largest being Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc ($23,113). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $420k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to protect and preserve the well being of the community of middlebury, connecticut. The organization's firefighters and medical personnel serve with dedication and dignity to ensure life safety to the residents of the community. Training allows the organization's members to operate at the highest standards, which will guarantee professionalism in each of their endeavors. The organization is committed to the preservation of the environment and its surroundings. Furthermore, the organization's members pledge their assistance to their neighbors in the time of need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The middlebury volunteer fire department, inc. Serves the community of middlebury connecticut by responding to fire and emergencies that immediately threaten life or property, to routine citizen requests for information or assistance and performing duties in fire supression, emergency medical aid or rescue and hazardous material responses.
$439,516 spentof which $2,000 as grants$248,824 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $439,516.
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 $1.0M to $1.3M (+31%).
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 16% · 2018 14% · 2019 15% · 2020 19% · 2021 15% · 2022 14% · 2023 14% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of MIDDLEBURY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from Connecticut 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.
Government funding MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $95k on record.
- Firefighting$86k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$9k
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.
Organizations like MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: 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 MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,938 to it, the largest being Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc ($23,113). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $23,938 in grants to MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $23,113 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIDDLEBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2 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