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WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO

WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,039 to it, the largest being EQT FOUNDATION ($45,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$398k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$58k
Net assets
$1.6M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Co does

Mission

Volunteer fire company

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Volunteer fire company- formed for the purpose of the support of fire engines, hook and ladder, hose and other companues for the control of fire in the borough of waynesburg pa and vacinity

    $261,048 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $261,048.

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 ($308k) Expenses 100 ($279k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 70 ($217k) Expenses 107 ($298k) Net assets 94 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 83 ($255k) Expenses 124 ($346k) Net assets 89 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 133 ($410k) Expenses 127 ($356k) Net assets 93 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 89 ($275k) Expenses 130 ($364k) Net assets 89 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 106 ($327k) Expenses 120 ($336k) Net assets 86 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 80 ($247k) Expenses 128 ($358k) Net assets 81 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 135 ($415k) Expenses 112 ($312k) Net assets 88 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 129 ($398k) Expenses 126 ($353k) Net assets 92 ($1.6M)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (126)Net assets (92)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 2019 to 2020, from $1.9M to $2.2M (+16%).

$2.2M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$2.2M
$2.1M
$2.0M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$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 61% · 2018 83% · 2019 72% · 2020 77% · 2021 64% · 2022 54% · 2023 64% · 2024 63% · 2025 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

84% of WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,496 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’17
−$81k
’18
−$91k
’19
$54k
’20
−$89k
’21
−$9k
’22
−$110k
’23
$103k
’24
$45k
’25
11
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.

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Listed88888881110
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+3+3
No longer listed·00000004
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $55k → $421.

Funder
'17
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
$10k
funders
2
2
3
1
2

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO’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

WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

79%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2020 74% · 2021 71% · 2022 100% · 2023 52% — 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

97% of WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
MO

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

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’20
’21
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $639 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO's revenue grew 29% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin11% · below the median
Months of reserve11.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,208 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 26%Fundraising 0%

Governance

40
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO?
WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,039 to it, the largest being EQT FOUNDATION ($45,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $58,039 in grants to WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO?
EQT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WAYNESBURG FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing