Arkansas · Nonprofit
SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT
SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT (Arkansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $518k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Salem Fire Department does
Mission
To provide fire protection to members in the salem fire protection district.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Salem Fire Department provided fire protection to members in the salem fire protection district.
$331,221 spent100% of program spendingSalem Fire Department provided fire protection to members in the salem fire
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $331,221.
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 $1.2M to $1.0M (−16%).
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: 2019 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT’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. 3 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.
Board chair
Frank Cardis
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT’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
SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 1 state in all.
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
SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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
Government funding SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $202k on record.
- PAYMENTS TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS$90k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$43k
- DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS$35k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$10k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$10k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT
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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT: 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 SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT (Arkansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT.
- Who is the largest funder of SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 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