Maine · Nonprofit
DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION
DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $322,700 to it, the largest being ANAHATA FOUNDATION XXXXX5004 ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $106k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $323k
- Net assets
- $547k
What Deer Isle Firemans Association does
Mission
The primary purpose of Deer Isle Firemans Association is to assist the Deer Isle Fire Department with funding, manpower and equipment to allow them to better protect the inhabitants of the area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Assist the Deer Isle First Department with funding, manpower and equipment.
$27,828 spentof which $8,303 as grants$105,761 earned by the program100% of program spendingOnly one program service
$0 spent0% of program spendingonly one program service
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,828.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $468k to $547k (+17%).
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.
87% of DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $11k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION’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
DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2021 83% · 2022 91% · 2023 95% — 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
DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k 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
DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION: 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 DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION?
- DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $322,700 to it, the largest being ANAHATA FOUNDATION XXXXX5004 ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $322,700 in grants to DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION?
- ANAHATA FOUNDATION XXXXX5004 is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEER ISLE FIREMANS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2024–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing