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CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC

CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,400 to it, the largest being QUIDDITCH FOUNDATION INC SHEILA J CLANCY TRUSTEE ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$62k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$14k
Net assets
$177k
2/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Chatham Fire Association Inc does

Mission

Charitable,educational and social

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Contributions to 501(c)(3)nonprofits,scholarships to local chatham mass students,health club dues for the chatham fire/rescue dept,donations of equipment & supplies to the chatham fire/rescue dept

    $24,579 spentof which $20,849 as grants
    27% of program spending

  2. Restoration of a 1926 maxim fire truck,insurance/condo fees and depreciation of a condo garage to store the fire truck.

    $6,128 spent
    7% of program spending

  3. Coffee,soda & member meals & dinners;christmas party for the children of chatham, mass;flowers & memorials;retirement functions;continuing education for members of the chatham fire/rescue department, annual drive expense

    $58,824 spent
    66% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $89,531.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($49k) Expenses 100 ($77k) Net assets 100 ($244k)2018 Revenue 106 ($52k) Expenses 83 ($64k) Net assets 96 ($235k)2019 Revenue 88 ($43k) Expenses 78 ($60k) Net assets 88 ($215k)2020 Revenue 99 ($48k) Expenses 77 ($59k) Net assets 79 ($194k)2021 Revenue 117 ($57k) Expenses 72 ($55k) Net assets 85 ($208k)2022 Revenue 186 ($91k) Expenses 89 ($68k) Net assets 92 ($225k)2023 Revenue 147 ($71k) Expenses 124 ($95k) Net assets 78 ($189k)2024 Revenue 127 ($62k) Expenses 105 ($80k) Net assets 73 ($177k)
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Revenue (127)Expenses (105)Net assets (73)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $225k to $189k (−16%).

$244k
$235k
$215k
$194k
$208k
$225k
$189k
$177k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$28k
’17
−$12k
’18
−$17k
’19
−$10k
’20
$2k
’21
$22k
’22
−$24k
’23
−$18k
’24
15
months of
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.

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Listed99999999
Joined·+0+0+0+1+1+0+0
No longer listed·0001100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $1k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1
1
2
1
4
2

From the IRS filings of CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION 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

CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

35%
largest funder
83%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

25% of CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states in all.

MN
NY
MA
CT
SC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION 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 Massachusetts

Harwich Fire Association Inc81%Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts75%Friends of Eldredge Public Library Inc75%Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial Fund Inc74%Massachusetts Veterans Foundation Inc73%Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association Inc73%Chilmark Town Affairs Council Inc72%Dennis Firefighters Associationinc72%

Nationally

Harwich Fire Association Inc81%Chatham Emergency Squad Inc76%Chatham Township Volunteer Fire Dept76%Central Square Fire Co No1 Inc76%Chalfont Chemical Fire Engine Company No 176%Ghent Area Volunteer Fire Department Inc76%Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Inc76%Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts75%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC?
CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,400 to it, the largest being QUIDDITCH FOUNDATION INC SHEILA J CLANCY TRUSTEE ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $14,400 in grants to CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC?
QUIDDITCH FOUNDATION INC SHEILA J CLANCY TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHATHAM FIRE ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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