North Carolina · Nonprofit
NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND
NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,760,230 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $94k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $279k
What North Carolina Firefighters Fund does
Mission
To advocate for firefighters health, education and well being
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Received rural initiative grant from blue cross/blue shield of north carolina insurance company to provide reimbursement grants to individual firefighers seeking treatment for mental health issues such as ptsd, substance abuse, depression and other problems arising from work and experiences as a firefighter/first responder. Assisted 42 individuals a total of $73,586($2,500 maximum each)
$73,587 spentof which $73,587 as grants42% of program spendingReceived grant from blue cross/blue shield of north carolina insurance company to provide reimbursement grants to fire departments for conducting cancer screening for volunteer members. Such screening can provide early detection of firefighter cancers and improve treat- ment and survival. Awards were made to 3 departments for $4,805 (maximum per department $3,000).
$4,805 spentof which $4,805 as grants3% of program spendingReceived donations from fire service and general public to assist firefighters in western north carolina who suffered losses during hurricane helene in september, 2024.
$96,898 spentof which $96,898 as grants$93,471 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $175,290.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $229k to $361k (+58%).
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.
99% of NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $110 → $750k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND’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
NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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
100% 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 NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 67% — diversifying over time.
“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
86% of NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $250k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND is better cushioned than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND: 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 NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND?
- NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,760,230 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,760,230 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND?
- NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 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