Connecticut · Nonprofit
The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc
The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,436 to it, the largest being THE DAVID W KNAPP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,536). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $292k
What The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Guilford Fire Department is to provide the highest quality fire protection, emergency medical services, fire prevention, safety education, community services, mitigation of emergency and non- emergency incidents for the citizens and visitors to the town of Guilford. Our service delivery is enhanced through training, education, planning, and teamwork. We will safely achieve our mission while remaining fiscally responsible throughout the effective and proficient use of all resources.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Various programs related fire protection, emergency medical services, fire prevention, safety education, community services, mitigation of emergency and non-emergency incidents for the citizens and visitors to the town of Guilford.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 2018 to 2019, from $194k to $275k (+42%).
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.
100% of The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $250.
From the IRS filings of The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept 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
The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 56% · 2019 100% · 2020 68% · 2021 78% · 2022 69% · 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
The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, 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
The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,113 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,113 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like The Guilford 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Guilford 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 The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc?
- The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,436 to it, the largest being THE DAVID W KNAPP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,536). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $6,436 in grants to The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc?
- THE DAVID W KNAPP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 7 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