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MORRIS FIRE COMPANY

MORRIS FIRE COMPANY (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,667 to it, the largest being Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc ($5,667). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$56k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$249k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Morris Fire Company does

Mission

Morris Fire Company is dedicated to being a community focused fire and rescue department that meets the ever changing needs of our community while ensuring a safe and secure environment for all through professional development, unity, and, teamwork.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. To carryout mission of organization.

    $17,982 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Support mission of organization.

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $17,982.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($49k) Expenses 100 ($18k) Net assets 100 ($196k)2022 Revenue 95 ($47k) Expenses 276 ($49k) Net assets 92 ($181k)2023 Revenue 62 ($31k) Expenses 137 ($24k) Net assets 102 ($200k)2024 Revenue 89 ($44k) Expenses 392 ($69k) Net assets 96 ($189k)2025 Revenue 114 ($56k) Expenses 102 ($18k) Net assets 127 ($249k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (114)Expenses (102)Net assets (127)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 2024 to 2025, from $197k to $257k (+31%).

$201k
$192k
$208k
$197k
$257k
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

72% of MORRIS FIRE COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,797 orgs

Surplus & reserves

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

$32k
’21
−$2k
’22
$7k
’23
−$25k
’24
$39k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $2k.

From the IRS filings of MORRIS FIRE COMPANY’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

MORRIS FIRE COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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

65%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.

“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

88% of MORRIS FIRE COMPANY's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’23
Connecticut out of state home

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

MORRIS FIRE COMPANY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin68% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

63%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds MORRIS FIRE COMPANY?
MORRIS FIRE COMPANY (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,667 to it, the largest being Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc ($5,667). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MORRIS FIRE COMPANY have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $8,667 in grants to MORRIS FIRE COMPANY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MORRIS FIRE COMPANY?
Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,667 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MORRIS FIRE COMPANY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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