New York · Nonprofit
VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC
VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,825 to it, the largest being THE LOUIS SOBELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Vigilant Engine Hook & Ladder Co Inc does
Mission
Volunteer fire and ambulance protection
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To provide fire protection, ambulance service, and police dispatch to municipalities covered by contract in the great neck, new york area.
$3,279,412 spent$4,248,359 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,279,412.
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 2023 to 2024, from $6.5M to $6.9M (+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: 2022 6% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
David Weiss
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $100 → $700.
From the IRS filings of VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO 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
VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 33% · 2020 50% · 2021 77% · 2022 69% · 2023 36% — 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
100% of VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC's grant income comes from New York 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
VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $449k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$449k
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 VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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 VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO 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 VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC?
- VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,825 to it, the largest being THE LOUIS SOBELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $3,825 in grants to VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC?
- THE LOUIS SOBELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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