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Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc

Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,121 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$306k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$73k
Net assets
$1.5M
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc does

Mission

The Associations mission is to preserve and present the history of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving/Coast Guard Station and the history of the Life-Saving Service on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In 2024, the east (ocean-facing) facade of the 1874 Boathouse was restored to accurately represent the original design, and the museum added assessible features without altering the period accuracy. Local grants were used to fund this project. A Phase 2 to restore other parts of the building will take place starting in 2025 once additional grants are secured.

    $144,275 spentof which $140,000 as grants
    59% of program spending
  2. One of the largest and most complete U.S. Life-Saving Service complexes remaining in the nation. Open April-November. Self-guided tour of historic buildings: 1874 boat house, 1911 station/look-out tower, historically accurate cook house complete with furnishings and supplies, c.1907 residence filled with vintage furnishings and household goods. Weekly Beach Apparatus Drill rescue re-enactment in summer months is performed by all-volunteer crew. Number of site tours: 3,890 Number of volunteer hours: 2,145

    $72,505 spentof which $590 as grants$43,468 earned by the program
    29% of program spending
  3. The museum gift shop sells educational materials and other items related to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the local area. The gift shop is used to attract visitors to the museum. The shop is operated at the same time that the museum is open. Net proceeds are used to fund museum operations and rehabilitation projects.

    $29,082 spent$35,480 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  4. Historical site is occasionally rented for use as a wedding venue

    $275 spent$764 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $246,137.

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 ($130k) Expenses 100 ($119k) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2018 Revenue 281 ($365k) Expenses 175 ($208k) Net assets 113 ($1.4M)2019 Revenue 41 ($54k) Expenses 77 ($92k) Net assets 110 ($1.3M)2020 Revenue 123 ($161k) Expenses 65 ($77k) Net assets 117 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 124 ($161k) Expenses 102 ($121k) Net assets 120 ($1.5M)2022 Revenue 77 ($101k) Expenses 87 ($103k) Net assets 120 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 145 ($189k) Expenses 165 ($196k) Net assets 119 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 236 ($306k) Expenses 244 ($290k) Net assets 120 ($1.5M)
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Revenue (236)Expenses (244)Net assets (120)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.3M to $1.6M (+18%).

$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$1.5M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$157k
’18
−$38k
’19
$84k
’20
$40k
’21
−$3k
’22
−$7k
’23
$16k
’24
1.3
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.

Chief executive

John Griffin

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1215151414131317
Joined·+5+4+0+5+0+1+5
No longer listed·2415111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $300.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Chicamacomico Historical 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

Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

48% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc.

48%
largest funder
96%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 70% · 2021 66% · 2022 83% · 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.

Where its funders are

93% of Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NJ
NC

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

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’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 Chicamacomico Historical 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 North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 10%Fundraising 5%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc?
Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,121 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $73,121 in grants to Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc?
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Chicamacomico Historical Association Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 6 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