South Carolina · Nonprofit
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $59,180 to it, the largest being South Carolina Physicians Care Charity Inc ($59,180). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What South Carolina State Firefighters' Association does
Mission
The association's mission is to serve its membership as the leader in fire service advocacy, benefits, education, and safety, while acting as the steward of the firemens insurance and inspection fund.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The association schedules conferences, seminars, workshops, and other training events for the firefighters of sc. These training sessions are available to volunteer and paid firefighters alike. The association also hosts the sc fire rescue conference every year as a forum for debating and discussing issues relating to fire and rescue services in sc. Committees are appointed to assess and respond to important issues such as emergency and disaster management, emergency medical services, and other issues as deemed necessary. The association serves to support its membership of approximately 17,500 sc firefighters by advocacy, education and training, and benefits coordination. The health and safety of the state's firefighters is a critical aspect of the association's mission.
$1,639,990 spent$987,321 earned by the program53% of program spendingWe provide to the members of the association coverage for disability insurance, ptsd insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, and one percent budget benefits.
$1,474,011 spent$738,151 earned by the program47% of program spending.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,114,001.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.1M to $8.9M (+116%).
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 13% · 2018 24% · 2019 24% · 2020 30% · 2021 30% · 2022 43% · 2023 45% · 2024 48% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $34k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION’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 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from South 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.
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Sc State Firefighters' Fdtn · exempt
- Sc Firefighters' Insurance Svcs · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION: 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 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION?
- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $59,180 to it, the largest being South Carolina Physicians Care Charity Inc ($59,180). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $59,180 in grants to SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION?
- South Carolina Physicians Care Charity Inc is the largest funder on record, with $59,180 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South 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