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RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp
RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $939,975 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($689,356). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $166k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $940k
- Net assets
- $286k
What RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp does
Mission
To Provide Financial and Other Support to Fire and Emergency Medical Service Organizations and Providers Serving the Greater Red Lodge, Montana Community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide a vehicle to raise funds to support constuction of a new training center and station building for the red lodge fire district. The station building was completed during 2023(2023 construction costs of $ 207,932) these costs are reported as investment in building and improvements. The building will support fire fighting, search and rescue, and emt training. Full title of the training tower and fire station will be granted to the red lodge fire district in 2024.
$72,620 spent61% of program spendingProvide grants to red lodge fire district to fund equipment purchases for firefighting and search and rescue purposes.
$33,434 spentof which $33,434 as grants28% of program spendingProvide emergency financial and other support to fire and emergency medical service organizations and indivuals serving the red lodge area. During 2023 four families were awarded grants to help offset costs associated with medical emergengies
$9,000 spentof which $9,000 as grants8% of program spendingOther program services 4: provide grants to red lodge fire district to fund equipment purchases for firefighting and search and rescue purposes.
$4,000 spentof which $4,000 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $119,054.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.2M to $289k (−87%).
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.
94% of RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $4k → $701k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp’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
RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 69% · 2022 86% · 2023 98% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp'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 $195k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from funders outside Montana, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $745k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp has grown faster than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp
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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp?
- RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $939,975 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($689,356). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $939,975 in grants to RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $689,356 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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