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The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc

The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being LANZA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$176k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$1.8M
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc does

Mission

The Company shall provide fire and rescue services to the Town of Philipstown and the citizens of the Garrison Fire District. Promote the public safety of its citizens through the cooperation of other fire companies located in the town and surrounding areas through mutual aid.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Garrison Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. provided fire and rescue services 365 days/24 hours for the citizens and property owners of the Hamlet of Garrison, Philipstown, Putnam County, New York. Annually the organization participates in visiting the Garrison Public and private schools, giving demonstrations of firefighting apparatus, fire trucks and fire prevention, i.e. smoke detectors, planned exits in the case of a fire during Fire Prevention Week.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

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 ($363k) Expenses 100 ($545k) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2018 Revenue 72 ($262k) Expenses 89 ($484k) Net assets 88 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 53 ($191k) Expenses 21 ($116k) Net assets 92 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 46 ($166k) Expenses 19 ($105k) Net assets 95 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 49 ($176k) Expenses 19 ($106k) Net assets 99 ($1.8M)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (49)Expenses (19)Net assets (99)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 2017 to 2018, from $2.4M to $1.9M (−18%).

$2.4M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$1.8M
20172018201920202021
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

1% of The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$182k
’17
−$222k
’18
$75k
’19
$61k
’20
$70k
’21
31
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed89555
Joined·+1+2+0+0
No longer listed·0600
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company 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 The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,309 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin40% · top quartile
Months of reserve31.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,309 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2021

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company 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 The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc?
The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being LANZA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc?
LANZA FAMILY 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 The Garrison Volunteer Fire Company Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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