New York · Nonprofit
VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,100 to it, the largest being The Dobkin Family Foundation ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $406k
What Vista Fire Department Inc does
Mission
To provide emergency fire and ambulance services
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provided fire suppression, basic life support and emergency medical services to the vista fire district 1, located in the town of lewisboro, new york.provided community services to the citizens and children of the district including college scholarships, parades, community gathering events, and holiday parties.
$62,804 spentof which $5,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $62,804.
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 2020 to 2021, from $284k to $393k (+38%).
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.
90% of VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of VISTA 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
VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2019 100% · 2022 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
95% of VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT 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
VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC has grown faster than half of the 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like VISTA 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,100 to it, the largest being The Dobkin Family Foundation ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,100 in grants to VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- The Dobkin Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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