North Carolina · Nonprofit
CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Carolina Foothills Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $836k
What Cliffside Area Fire Department Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to protect the citizens of our fire district and give mutual aid to surrounding districts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To provide fire protection to our community of approximately 5000 citizens
$968,441 spent100% of program spendingTo educate elementary school children at Cliffside Elementary School K thru 3rd grade.
$791 spent0% of program spendingTo set up a booth . We operate a fire house, give free literature, pencils, hats to educate the community and show them what to do to escape from a burning house.
$791 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $970,023.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $393k to $728k (+85%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 93% · 2022 98% · 2023 94% · 2024 94% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Chuck Arrowood
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT 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.
Where its funders are
100% of CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
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.
Against its field
CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $175k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$175k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Carolina Foothills Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- Carolina Foothills Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIFFSIDE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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