Maryland · Nonprofit
WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC
WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,282,045 to it, the largest being Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association Inc ($10,280,543). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Westminster Fire Engine & Hose Co No 1 Inc does
Mission
The westminster volunteer fire department provides high-quality emergency services to protect life and property through prevention, preparedness, and response, working in partnership with its members, local government, and the community it serves.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The westminster volunteer fire department provides essential emergency response, fire suppression, rescue services, and community-based prevention and outreach programs to protect life and property. In 2025, the department responded to more than 7,000 calls for service, the highest call volume in the county, while continuing to improve response times and increase personnel responding to incidents. A total of 55 active volunteers responded to over 4,900 incidents, with the most active members handling more than 68% of all calls. Volunteers completed more than 1,900 hours of training and continuing education to maintain operational readiness. In addition to emergency response, the department provides fire prevention education, public safety outreach, and youth development programs, including its junior firefighter program. The department participates in community events such as national night out, camp cops, and the carroll county 4-h fair, providing education on fire prevention, emergency preparedness, and life safety. These combined efforts strengthen community safety, improve emergency readiness, and support the long-term sustainability of volunteer emergency services.
$880,359 spent$37,931 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $880,359.
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 2017 to 2018, from $8.2M to $7.6M (−7%).
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 50% · 2018 57% · 2019 58% · 2020 62% · 2021 55% · 2022 59% · 2023 64% · 2024 73% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.6M → $552.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 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
WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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
100% of WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $252 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
WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC's revenue fell 68% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $485k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$485k
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.
Organizations like WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC?
- WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,282,045 to it, the largest being Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association Inc ($10,280,543). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $10,282,045 in grants to WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC?
- Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association Inc is the largest funder on record, with $10,280,543 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO NO 1 INC 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.
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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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing