Iowa · Nonprofit
NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE
NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,804 to it, the largest being Adams Family Foundation of Nora Springs Iowa ($99,311). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $100k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $424k
What Nora Springs Farm Fire Service does
Mission
Community fire protection
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Provide fire protection in rural surrounding areas on an as needed basis-receive payments (portion of taxes) from rural townships and city of nora springs
$108,546 spentof which $2,952 as grants$100,081 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $108,546.
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 2019 to 2020, from $126k to $441k (+250%).
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 3% · 2018 11% · 2019 2% · 2024 38% · 2025 3% · 2026 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $949 → $37k.
From the IRS filings of NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE’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
NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.
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
NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 101 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE
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 Iowa
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE: 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 NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE?
- NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,804 to it, the largest being Adams Family Foundation of Nora Springs Iowa ($99,311). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $101,804 in grants to NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE?
- Adams Family Foundation of Nora Springs Iowa is the largest funder on record, with $99,311 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORA SPRINGS FARM FIRE SERVICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 2 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