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FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC

FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being KURZ KNEIGER FOUNDATION INC ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$233k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$594k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Fairystone Volunteer Fire Department Inc does

Mission

The fairystone volunteer fire department serves the communities of elamsville, fairystone, union bridge and pole bridge in patrick county, va by preserving life and property through fire protection and service.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The fairystone voluteer fire department has been serving the communities of elamsville, fairystone, union bridge and pole bridge in patrick county, virginia by preserving life and property through fire protection and service. Funds raised are spent on maintaining fire department equipment, responding to fires and other emergencies, maintenance of fire department equipment and assisting other area fire departments when needed.

    $88,069 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $88,069.

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 ($52k) Expenses 100 ($42k) Net assets 100 ($424k)2018 Revenue 108 ($56k) Expenses 152 ($64k) Net assets 98 ($416k)2019 Revenue 197 ($103k) Expenses 140 ($59k) Net assets 109 ($460k)2020 Revenue 133 ($70k) Expenses 159 ($67k) Net assets 109 ($463k)2021 Revenue 55 ($29k) Expenses 138 ($58k) Net assets 102 ($434k)2022 Revenue 165 ($86k) Expenses 164 ($69k) Net assets 106 ($449k)2023 Revenue 70 ($36k) Expenses 194 ($81k) Net assets 95 ($404k)2024 Revenue 447 ($233k) Expenses 213 ($89k) Net assets 140 ($594k)
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Revenue (447)Expenses (213)Net assets (140)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 2023 to 2024, from $404k to $594k (+47%).

$424k
$416k
$460k
$463k
$434k
$449k
$404k
$594k
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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
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 60% · 2018 66% · 2019 89% · 2020 86% · 2021 59% · 2023 55% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

91% of FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$10k
’17
−$7k
’18
$44k
’19
$3k
’20
−$29k
’21
$17k
’22
−$45k
’23
$144k
’24
21
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.

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Listed44444444
Joined·+0+1+0+0+1+2+0
No longer listed·0100120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of FAIRYSTONE 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.

Where its funders are

FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

NY

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

FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin62% · top quartile
Months of reserve21.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)24% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like FAIRYSTONE 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 Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

89%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being KURZ KNEIGER FOUNDATION INC ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC.
Who is the largest funder of FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
KURZ KNEIGER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FAIRYSTONE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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