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WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC

WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,375 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($26,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$413k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$68k
Net assets
$1.7M
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Waldens Ridge Emergency Service Inc does

Mission

Provide emergency services for the community

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Walden ridge emergency services is a volunteer based organzation that provide fire, medical and rescue operations to its community.

    $323,442 spentof which $2,640 as grants$398,442 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $323,442.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($570k) Expenses 100 ($192k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2018 Revenue 41 ($233k) Expenses 116 ($222k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 48 ($271k) Expenses 116 ($223k) Net assets 105 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 49 ($277k) Expenses 138 ($264k) Net assets 103 ($1.0M)2021 Revenue 53 ($304k) Expenses 116 ($222k) Net assets 111 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 79 ($449k) Expenses 109 ($210k) Net assets 135 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 87 ($494k) Expenses 135 ($260k) Net assets 158 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 77 ($436k) Expenses 193 ($370k) Net assets 164 ($1.7M)2025 Revenue 73 ($413k) Expenses 194 ($371k) Net assets 169 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (73)Expenses (194)Net assets (169)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $2.0M (+51%).

$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$1.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 60% · 2018 60% · 2019 72% · 2020 72% · 2021 75% · 2022 77% · 2023 79% · 2024 74% · 2025 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$378k
’17
$10k
’18
$48k
’19
$13k
’20
$82k
’21
$239k
’22
$234k
’23
$66k
’24
$42k
’25
25
months of
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

Jim Fields

Board chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed131414141212111010
Joined·+2+0+0+0+0+3+0+1
No longer listed·10020411
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $9k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE 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

WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

50% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC.

39%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 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

50% of WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $34k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Tennessee funders.

TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve24.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $61k on record.

Federal$61k
grants $61kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Homeland Security$61k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC?
WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,375 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($26,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $68,375 in grants to WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC?
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc is the largest funder on record, with $26,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WALDENS RIDGE EMERGENCY SERVICE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 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