West Virginia · Nonprofit
Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc
Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being LYNCH FOUNDATION INC ($9,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $-51171
What Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc does
Mission
To protect the lives and properties of the citizens of Monongalia County
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Providing services to protect the lives and properties of the citizens of Monongalia County.
$147,821 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $147,821.
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.
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 $830k to $710k (−14%).
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 8% · 2018 22% · 2019 10% · 2020 11% · 2021 11% · 2022 8% · 2023 59% · 2024 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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 Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc's grant income comes from West Virginia funders.
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.
Government funding Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $159k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$159k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Star City Volunteer Fire Dept 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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Star City Volunteer Fire Dept 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 Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc?
- Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being LYNCH FOUNDATION INC ($9,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,000 in grants to Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc?
- LYNCH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $9,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 2 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