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MCDOWELL COUNTY FIRE COMMISSION
To facilitate the adequate and efficient protection of life and property of the citizens of mcdowell by ensuring that all fire departments are organized and meet the minimum requirements as defined by the north carolina department of insurance rating system
$459k
Granted FY2018
13
Grants
1
Communities
$94k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2018 · 13 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k2 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $276k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
$28,199
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
- MCDOWELL COUNTY$94,333
- MARION FIRE DEPT$70,497
- OLD FORT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$44,881
- MCDOWELL COUNTY FIREMANS ASSOCIATIO$40,000
- PG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$35,249
- GLENWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$35,249
- WOODLAWN SERVEIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP$28,199
- CROOKED CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$28,199
- DYSARTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$28,199
- ASHFORD NORTH COVE VOLUNTEER FIRE D$19,866
- SUGAR HILL MONTFORD COVE VFD$16,199
- NEBO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$9,199
- HANKINS NORTH FORK VFD$9,099
02The need
02
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 16% — the area typically sits at 17%. 0% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Woodlawn-Sevier Voluntary Fire Dept
To provide fire protection and emergency medical responders to the community in a five mile radius of fire department in woodlawn-seiver area marion mcdowell county nc
Public Safety & Disaster
2
Granville Rural Fire Department
To provide fire protection to homes and property in the designated district of granville county rural fire department.
Public Safety & Disaster
3
Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc
To provide fire department services for the community of wise, nc and surrounding areas
Public Safety & Disaster
4
Mcdowell County Fire Commission
To facilitate the adequate and efficient protection of life and property of the citizens of mcdowell by ensuring that all fire departments are organized and meet the minimum requirements as defined by the north carolina department of…
Public Safety & Disaster
5
Thoroughfare Vol Fire Dept Inc
Fire protection
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6
Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department
Burnsville vfd provides fire protection, safty, and rescue service
Public Safety & Disaster
7
Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Dept
To fight fires, maintain fire fighting equipment, and otherwise provide fire protection and fire prevention services.
Public Safety & Disaster
8
McKinleyville Volunteer Fire Department Inc
Volunteer Fire Department
Public Safety & Disaster
9
Hickory Tree Volunteer Fire Dept
Volunteer fire department emegency fire and rescue services
Public Safety & Disaster
10
Cooleemee Volunteer Fire Department
Provide fire protection services and fire prevention education for the community of cooleemee, nc.
Public Safety & Disaster
11
Piney Point Volunteer Fire Dept
Fight residential and forest fires in rural area
Public Safety & Disaster
12
Nelsonville Volunteer Fire Dept
Arts & Culture
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department and the most unlike its peers is Nebo Volunteer Fire Department Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network
9 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2018–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$249,228Public Safety & Disaster$209,941
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds OLD FORT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds PG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds GLENWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds CROOKED CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds DYSARTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds ASHFORD NORTH COVE VOLUNTEER FIRE D ↗
- Who funds SUGAR HILL MONTFORD COVE VFD ↗
- Who funds NEBO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds HANKINS NORTH FORK VFD ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation MCDOWELL COUNTY FIRE COMMISSION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: OLD FORT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~24 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 2.9× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 561389569 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on OLD FORT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 24 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2025; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 18% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to McDowell County Fire Commission?
Find your warmest path to McDowell County Fire Commission through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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By state
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