Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by MUENSTER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $352,990
- Total expenses
- $379,137
- Contributions and grants received
- $126,945
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $621
- Other revenue
- $225,424
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,569,499
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $34,657
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,534,842
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $364,525
- Management and general expenses
- $14,612
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $364,525
Program services were 96.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$126,945
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3 · Investment income
total $621 · related or exempt $621
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$708,419
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$482,995
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $225,424 · excluded $225,424
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $455 · management and general $455
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $849 · program services $849
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,497 · management and general $1,497
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17 · Travel
total $649 · program services $649
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $27,147 · program services $27,147
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20 · Interest
total $4,785 · program services $4,785
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $267,511 · program services $267,511
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24a · Other expenses: Supplies
total $14,713 · program services $14,713
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24b · Other expenses: Facility & Equipment Ma
total $14,018 · program services $14,018
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24c · Other expenses: Vehicle Maintenance
total $13,212 · program services $13,212
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24d · Other expenses: Memberships
total $12,655 · management and general $12,655
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24e · All other expenses
total $21,646 · program services $21,641 · management and general $5
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $61,757 · end of year $82,636
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $100,793 · end of year $176,184
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,666,151
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,355,472
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,465,106 · end of year $1,310,679
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $66,667 · end of year $34,657
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,560,989 · end of year $1,534,842
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
The Muenster Volunteer Fire Department is organized to provide fire protection to rural areas in Cooke County including the Muenster area. The department is a first responder in the immediate Muenster area for fires, wrecks, and rescue operations, and responds as secondary responder to assist other Cooke County Volunteer Fire Departments when the need arises.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Volunteer Fire DepartmentExtinguish fires and assist with medical emergencies.
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The Fire Department provided fire protection for the Muenster & Cooke County community areas including mutual aid to other county fire departments. During the year, the department responded to appoximately 281 fires/wrecks/rescues.
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Expenses $364,525
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Assistant Training Officer
Andy Flusche
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Assistant Training Officer
Darian Peters
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Safety Officer
Erik Walterscheid
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Safety Officer
Michael Fleitman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Trustee
Doug Fleitman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Trustee
Nolan Hartman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Trustee
Ronnie Walterscheid
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mitch Creed
Chief
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Deano Bayer
Assistant Chief
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Jeff Maas
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Secretary
Jon Forshee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Training Coordinator
Ben Bindel
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 13 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202631599349300123
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