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FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC

FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,940 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF FIRE FIGHTER 3666 LOCAL FREDERICK CO MARYLAND ($14,786). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$76k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$21k
Net assets
$116k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Frederick County Career Firefighters Benevolent Fund Inc does

Mission

The organization is set up to provide qualified support for the humanitarin, charitable, education, health and welfare interests of fire fighters, their families and others asking for assistance.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organiztion from time to time receives requests from members for monetary assistance. Also the organization receives requests for donations to assist other chartiable organizations or non-members for monetary assistance for medical or other financial needs.

    $20,767 spentof which $20,600 as grants
    68% of program spending
  2. The organiztion from time to time receives requests from members for monetary assistance. Also the organization receives requests for donations to assist other chartiable organizations or non-members for monetary assistance for medical or other financial needs.

    $9,564 spentof which $9,564 as grants
    32% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,331.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($60k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($41k)2019 Revenue 113 ($68k) Expenses 158 ($64k) Net assets 110 ($45k)2020 Revenue 93 ($56k) Expenses 72 ($29k) Net assets 172 ($71k)2021 Revenue 85 ($51k) Expenses 65 ($26k) Net assets 232 ($96k)2022 Revenue 145 ($86k) Expenses 165 ($66k) Net assets 280 ($116k)2023 Revenue 63 ($38k) Expenses 194 ($78k) Net assets 184 ($76k)2024 Revenue 127 ($76k) Expenses 90 ($36k) Net assets 280 ($116k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (127)Expenses (90)Net assets (280)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 2022 to 2023, from $116k to $76k (−34%).

$41k
$45k
$71k
$96k
$116k
$76k
$116k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

26% of FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,797 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’18
$4k
’19
$27k
’20
$25k
’21
$20k
’22
−$40k
’23
$40k
’24
38
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed3222222
Joined·······
No longer listed·······
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $6k.

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND 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

FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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

99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC.

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2022 100% — 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

100% of FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,076 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin52% · top quartile
Months of reserve38.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,076 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

592
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC?
FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,940 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF FIRE FIGHTER 3666 LOCAL FREDERICK CO MARYLAND ($14,786). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $20,940 in grants to FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC.
Who is the largest funder of FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC?
INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF FIRE FIGHTER 3666 LOCAL FREDERICK CO MARYLAND is the largest funder on record, with $14,786 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FREDERICK COUNTY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 3 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