Indiana · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND
COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND (Indiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,305 to it, the largest being CLARENCE E CUSTER AND INEZ R CUSTER ($65,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $157k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $95k
- Net assets
- $643k
What Columbus Fireman's Cheer Fund does
Mission
To receive and disburse charitable contributions to families in need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization provided christmas gifts of food, toys, and clothing to families in need in columbus, indiana.
$117,197 spent$153,844 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $117,197.
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. 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 2018 to 2019, from $439k to $557k (+27%).
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.
98% of COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $31k → $4k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND’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
COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 92% · 2019 50% · 2020 69% · 2021 74% · 2022 63% · 2023 92% — broadly stable.
“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
95% of COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND is better cushioned than half of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND: 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 COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND?
- COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND (Indiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,305 to it, the largest being CLARENCE E CUSTER AND INEZ R CUSTER ($65,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $95,305 in grants to COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND?
- CLARENCE E CUSTER AND INEZ R CUSTER is the largest funder on record, with $65,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 7 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