Iowa · Nonprofit
RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC
RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $217k
What Red Oak Volunteer Fire & Rescue Assoc does
Mission
Community fire & rescue safety
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provide adequate fire protection, water rescue & recoveryvehicle accident mitigation, emergency medical services& rescue protection to the public.
$103,549 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $103,549.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $276k to $217k (−21%).
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.
92% of RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $5k.
From the IRS filings of RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC’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 OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 3 states in all.
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.
Against its field
RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 52 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
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 RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC: 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 RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC?
- RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,000 in grants to RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC?
- BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED OAK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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