North Carolina · Nonprofit
HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81,017 to it, the largest being THE LINCOLN COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE ASSOCIATION INC ($81,017). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $852k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Howards Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc does
Mission
Fire fighting and rescue operations
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fire response and emergency services were provided to district residents and support services were provided to nearby departments
$995,635 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $995,635.
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 2017 to 2018, from $4.9M to $2.6M (−48%).
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 5% · 2018 83% · 2019 83% · 2020 93% · 2021 92% · 2022 92% · 2023 98% · 2024 97% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC’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. 6 of the last 9 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
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $27k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of HOWARDS CREEK 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
100% of HOWARDS CREEK 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. 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
HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC has grown faster than half 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 HOWARDS CREEK 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81,017 to it, the largest being THE LINCOLN COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE ASSOCIATION INC ($81,017). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $81,017 in grants to HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOWARDS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC?
- THE LINCOLN COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $81,017 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOWARDS CREEK 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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