Maryland · Nonprofit
WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4
WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4 (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $301,705 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION OF MD INC ($301,705). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $381k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $302k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Western Enterprise Fire Co No 4 does
Mission
The organization assists in the fire service and protection to the citizens in the hagerstown, maryland area by providing a facility and equipment for professional fire fighters to use while preparing for fire activities and to use in the suppression of fires. The organization also provides space for training for professional firefighters and emergency service personnel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization assists in the fire service and protection to the citizens in the hagerstown, maryland area by providing a facility and equipment for professional fire fighters to use while preparing for fire activities and to use in the suppression of fires. The organization also provides space for training for professional firefighters and emergency service personnel.
$364,927 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $364,927.
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.
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 $1.2M to $1.5M (+19%).
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 49% · 2018 24% · 2019 47% · 2020 60% · 2021 10% · 2023 45% · 2024 55% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $27k → $40k.
From the IRS filings of WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4’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.
Where its funders are
100% of WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4's grant income comes from Maryland 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.
Organizations like WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4: 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 WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4?
- WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4 (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $301,705 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION OF MD INC ($301,705). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4 have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $301,705 in grants to WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4?
- WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION OF MD INC is the largest funder on record, with $301,705 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN ENTERPRISE FIRE CO NO 4 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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