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PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC

PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $195 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($195). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$156k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$195
Net assets
$992k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department Inc does

Mission

The pattison area volunteer fire department was established to provide emergency services and fire protection for the city of pattison texas and the surrounding areas within the county of waller texas.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The pattison area volunteer fire department was established to provide emergency services and fire protection for the city of pattison texas and the surrounding areas within the county of waller texas.

    $63,935 spent
    62% of program spending

  2. The organization was established to provide the city of pattison texas and the surrounding areas within the county of waller texas emergency services and fire protection.

    $39,945 spent
    38% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,880.

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 ($350k) Expenses 100 ($348k) Net assets 100 ($682k)2018 Revenue 115 ($404k) Expenses 91 ($317k) Net assets 112 ($761k)2019 Revenue 73 ($255k) Expenses 83 ($291k) Net assets 114 ($774k)2020 Revenue 37 ($131k) Expenses 34 ($117k) Net assets 113 ($771k)2021 Revenue 126 ($440k) Expenses 50 ($175k) Net assets 153 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 43 ($152k) Expenses 42 ($146k) Net assets 154 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 45 ($156k) Expenses 50 ($174k) Net assets 145 ($992k)
2017201820192020202120222024
Revenue (45)Expenses (50)Net assets (145)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 2020 to 2021, from $771k to $1.0M (+36%).

$682k
$862k
$774k
$771k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$992k
2017201820192020202120222024
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
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

45% of PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’17
$87k
’18
−$36k
’19
$13k
’20
$265k
’21
$6k
’22
−$18k
’24
37
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.

2017201820192020202120222024
Listed7744444
Joined·+0+1+0+0+1·
No longer listed·04001·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17 → $109.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PATTISON AREA 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.

Where its funders are

100% of PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $195 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve36.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−11% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 6%Fundraising 15%

Governance

7
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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $195 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($195). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $195 in grants to PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $195 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PATTISON AREA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 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