North Carolina · Nonprofit
COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,642 to it, the largest being Southern Bank Foundation ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $128k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $513k
What Como Volunteer Fire Department Inc does
Mission
Fight and extinguish fires in or about como, nc and the surrounding hertford county.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Volunteer fire department established for the sole purpose of fighting and extinguishing fire in or about como, nc and herford county.
$118,870 spent100% of program spendingVolunteer fire department established for the sole purpose of fighting and extinguishing fire in or about como, nc and herford county.
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,870.
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 2021 to 2022, from $211k to $422k (+100%).
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: 2017 64% · 2018 75% · 2019 75% · 2020 38% · 2021 58% · 2022 74% · 2023 85% · 2024 78% · 2025 50% · 2026 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 10 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
Samuel Howell
Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $97.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 COMO VOLUNTEER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“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
76% of COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92 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
COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC is better cushioned than half of the 154 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 154 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $130k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$130k
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 COMO VOLUNTEER 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMO VOLUNTEER 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 COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,642 to it, the largest being Southern Bank Foundation ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $6,642 in grants to COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- Southern Bank Foundation 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 COMO VOLUNTEER 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing