Connecticut · Nonprofit
TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,700 to it, the largest being MICHAEL WHITTINGHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($19,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $449k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $579k
What Turn of River Fire Department Inc does
Mission
None
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fire fighting, first responder medical, fire prevention and education for the residents of the city of stamford, ct
$368,128 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $368,128.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $843k to $1.2M (+40%).
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: 2018 85% · 2019 78% · 2020 83% · 2021 84% · 2022 83% · 2023 88% · 2024 87% · 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of TURN OF RIVER 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. 4 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 $100 → $6k.
From the IRS filings of TURN OF RIVER 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
TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 95% · 2022 97% · 2023 54% — 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
59% of TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from Connecticut 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.
Against its field
TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31k on record.
- Firefighting$31k
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 TURN OF RIVER 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 TURN OF RIVER 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 TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,700 to it, the largest being MICHAEL WHITTINGHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($19,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $36,700 in grants to TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- MICHAEL WHITTINGHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $19,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TURN OF RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 5 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