New York · Nonprofit
VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN
VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $776 to it, the largest being CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $776
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Volunteer Fire Association of Tappan does
Mission
Firefighting services & other emergencies
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Association supplies manpower for firefighting service & other emergencies in tappan fire dist. Activities related purpose includes answering alarms, weekly drills, training, & monthly meetings
$69,162 spent100% of program spendingThe organization receives a donations from community and from members. They decided to use this money to help fireman and others in the community in need
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $69,162.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.4M to $1.6M (+9%).
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 27% · 2018 20% · 2019 21% · 2020 24% · 2021 22% · 2022 29% · 2023 39% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $750 → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN’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
VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN: 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 VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN?
- VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $776 to it, the largest being CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $776 in grants to VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN?
- CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION OF TAPPAN 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.
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 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