Dixon Community Fire Department
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Dixon Community Fire Department supports the work of the unpaid volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technologists of the Dixon Volunteer Fire Department in Dixon NM. We promote community projects that increase preparedness for wildfires and other emergencies. We hold community-wide events that foster community solidarity and that serve as venues for fire prevention education and public health awareness.
- Income
- $67,822
- Spending
- $53,528
- Reserves
- 9.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 91%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $7,147 spent. Firefighter & EMT Support - Dixon Community Fire Department supports educational training and physical emotional support needs of the Volunteers of Dixon VFD EMS who are regularly called upon to provide skilled competent responses to stressful fire and medical emergencies 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The Department benefits through increased Volunteer morale and improved recruitment retention of Volunteers. Rural Volunteer Fire Departments are increasingly struggling to recruit and retain members; these support services are valuable in the effort to maintain a strong volunteer workforce. This program service is supported entirely by private donations.
- $30,614 spent. Community Outreach Projects include 1 Community-wide chipping projects; 2 Community emergency notification systems; and 3 Summer Youth Cadet Programming. Community-wide chipping projects to reduce fire fuel loads in vulnerable areas of the Dixon Fire District. Staffed mostly by Volunteers of Dixon VFD EMS with assistance from a professional arborist provider Baby Gorilla Tree Service. Community Emergency Notification system consists of implementation of the Nixle alert system and providing all households in the region with information on how to respond to emergencies; 3 Summer Youth Cadet Program is a week long program for young people ages 10 - 18 to learn fundamentals of home fire safety wildland fire safety water safety and CPR First Aid.
- $12,027 spent. Community events to promote fire safety and emergency preparedness throughout the Dixon Fire District including annual Pancake Breakfast 4th of July Celebration and Dixon VFD 60th Anniversary Celebration.
- $2,297 spent. Tuition licensing and Continuing Education Support for our volunteer firefighters and volunteer Emergency Medical Services Personnel.
- $1,443 spent. Rehabilitation supplies food hydration drinks for volunteer firefighters and EMTs responding to emergency scenes.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2013 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2013.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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