New Jersey · Nonprofit
SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,403 to it, the largest being FM FOUNDATION ($1,453). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $118k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Sparta Township Fire Department Inc does
Mission
Provide fire rescue and fire prevention services by a volunteer squad and provide social activities and goodwill directed towards the volunteers and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Maintenance,improvements and upgrading of facilities and equipment
$31,297 spent24% of program spendingPromote goodwill & support of volunteer membership by providing social activities & food/beverages, and provide volunteer training.
$99,025 spent76% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,322.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.1M (−5%).
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 4% · 2018 3% · 2019 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $950 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of SPARTA TOWNSHIP 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
SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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: 2021 79% · 2022 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
SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 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
SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 SPARTA TOWNSHIP 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 SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,403 to it, the largest being FM FOUNDATION ($1,453). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,403 in grants to SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- FM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,453 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPARTA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), 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