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Manchester Fire Engine & Hook & Ladder Co No 1

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Manchester, MD501(c)(3)Public Safety & Disaster EIN 52-6045036Revenue $827K in FY2025Latest return filed Nov 5, 2025

On file with the IRSmanchestervfd.orgPo Box 416, 21102-0416 · Manchester, MDTax-exempt since Nov 1990Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provide Fire, rescue & ambulance services

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 150 volunteers and 30 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $164K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $869K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18K
0.6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$827K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$499K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$827K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$752K
FY2025$827K
Expenses
$499K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$456K
FY2025$499K
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1990.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $381K Management & general 14% · $68K Fundraising 10% · $50K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Brian Miller
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brian Graf
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Steve Miller
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jujhar Man
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tracey Paulsen
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ed Paulsen
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jeremy Kakel
1st Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers fire, rescue, and ambulance services to the community.

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1 program · $381K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provide fire and rescue services for the Town of Manchester and surrounding areas, approximate population 7,500.

$381Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2021
Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Service Association INCFY2021$869K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$869K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$827K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$361K
Other incomeLn 4–11$330K
Investment incomeLn 3$136K
Money outPt IX
$499K
Ln 25
Programscol B$381K
Managementcol C$68K
Fundraisingcol D$50K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$212K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$361K
Government grantsLn 1e$307K
Investment incomeLn 3$136K
Other incomeLn 4–11$330K
Gains on assetsLn 7$88K
Total revenueLn 12$827K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$212K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$212K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$969K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 530
VolunteersI 6150
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$194K$212K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$938K$969K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$92K$18K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$3.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Legal feesLn 11b$579$579
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Investment management feesLn 11f$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17K$17K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$43K$43K
OccupancyLn 16$91K$68K$23K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$2K$4K
InterestLn 20$417$417
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$35K$21K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$244K$209K$36K
All other expensesLn 24e$34K$22K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$499K$381K$68K$50K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 5, 2025 $827K$499K$328K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2024 $752K$456K$296K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 8, 2023 $1.4M$1.3M$166K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2022 $1.5M$1.4M$110K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 2, 2022 $1.5M$1.5M$72K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 2, 2021 $1.4M$1.4M$10K$1.8M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $827,295 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $384,336$361,384
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $31,851$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $47,583$135,920
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $287,845$329,991
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $751,615$827,295
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $25,186$0
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $430,708$498,969
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $455,894$498,969
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $295,721$328,326
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $827,295 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $206,468 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$307,305
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$54,079
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$361,384
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $47,607$47,607
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $16,552$16,552
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $88,313$88,313
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $86,178$86,178
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $20,793$20,793
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $69,245 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $396,666$827,295
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $498,969 across 13 lines filed
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $579$579
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,775$8,775
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $12,457$12,457
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,858$16,858
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,765$4,765
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $42,992$42,992
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $67,875 · Management $23,178$91,053
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,551 · Management $4,320$5,871
IX-20 InterestPrograms $417$417
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $20,899 · Fundraising $14,464$35,363
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,554$1,554
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $208,773 · Fundraising $35,701$244,474
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $21,518 · Management $12,293$33,811
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $380,883 · Management $67,921 · Fundraising $50,165$498,969
Part X · Balance sheet $3,035,196 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $194,348$211,601
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $33,793$18,985
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $937,603$969,208
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,523,077$1,835,402
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,688,821$3,035,196
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,115$9,640
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $11,950$8,500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $91,830$18,140
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,596,991$3,017,056
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,688,821$3,035,196
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,017,056 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$827,295
XI-2 Total expenses$498,969
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$328,326
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,596,991
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$91,739
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,017,056

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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