Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE MERION FIRE COMPANY
THE MERION FIRE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being FUND FOR EDUCATION ($1,850). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $571k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What The Merion Fire Company does
Mission
Fire company
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Fire company and related community requested services.
$504,877 spentof which $250 as grants$556,556 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $504,877.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.2M to $2.0M (−7%).
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 78% · 2018 74% · 2019 93% · 2020 68% · 2021 83% · 2022 81% · 2023 73% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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 broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $300 → $500.
From the IRS filings of THE MERION FIRE COMPANY’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 MERION FIRE COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 45% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“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
94% of THE MERION FIRE COMPANY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania 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.
Organizations like THE MERION FIRE COMPANY
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% 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 THE MERION FIRE COMPANY: 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 MERION FIRE COMPANY?
- THE MERION FIRE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being FUND FOR EDUCATION ($1,850). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MERION FIRE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $4,000 in grants to THE MERION FIRE COMPANY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MERION FIRE COMPANY?
- FUND FOR EDUCATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MERION FIRE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 4 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