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FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC

FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,392 to it, the largest being THE GOLDEN LEAF INC ($500,392). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$361k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$500k
Net assets
$1.6M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Fair Bluff Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc does

Mission

Volunteer fire department and rescue squad

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide emergency fire and medical assistance to the local area residents, as well as insuring adequate training and safety for its members

    $340,997 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $340,997.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($584k) Expenses 100 ($304k) Net assets 100 ($648k)2018 Revenue 284 ($1.7M) Expenses 155 ($471k) Net assets 283 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 57 ($334k) Expenses 138 ($419k) Net assets 262 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 98 ($573k) Expenses 195 ($594k) Net assets 259 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 56 ($324k) Expenses 128 ($389k) Net assets 249 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 62 ($361k) Expenses 130 ($397k) Net assets 243 ($1.6M)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (62)Expenses (130)Net assets (243)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $947k to $2.1M (+127%).

$947k
$2.1M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$1.7M
201720182019202020212022
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 34% · 2018 80% · 2019 75% · 2020 81% · 2021 74% · 2022 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

73% of FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$279k
’17
$1.2M
’18
−$85k
’19
−$21k
’20
−$65k
’21
−$36k
’22
1.1
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.

201720182019202020212022
Listed877888
Joined·+0+0+3+0+0
No longer listed·10200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
$500k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD 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 FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC's revenue fell 38% between 2017 and 2022.

Operating margin−10% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,518 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022

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In North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 11%Fundraising 3%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC?
FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,392 to it, the largest being THE GOLDEN LEAF INC ($500,392). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500,392 in grants to FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC.
Who is the largest funder of FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD INC?
THE GOLDEN LEAF INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,392 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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