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THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER

THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being THE GARDNER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$12k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$46k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What The Fairview Town Crier does

Mission

Provide community awareness and unity

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Publish a community newspaper mailed monthly to approx 9300 households to provide an open objective forum for communication of concerns events and activities to promote community a

    $2,593 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,593.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3k) Expenses 100 ($12k) Net assets 100 ($15k)2018 Revenue 173 ($6k) Expenses 65 ($8k) Net assets 89 ($14k)2019 Revenue 228 ($8k) Expenses 44 ($5k) Net assets 107 ($16k)2020 Revenue 151 ($5k) Expenses 21 ($2k) Net assets 125 ($19k)2021 Revenue 170 ($6k) Expenses 28 ($3k) Net assets 142 ($22k)2022 Revenue 359 ($12k) Expenses 27 ($3k) Net assets 202 ($31k)2023 Revenue 216 ($7k) Expenses 22 ($3k) Net assets 234 ($36k)2024 Revenue 163 ($6k) Expenses 35 ($4k) Net assets 243 ($37k)2025 Revenue 346 ($12k) Expenses 22 ($3k) Net assets 304 ($46k)
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Revenue (346)Expenses (22)Net assets (304)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $31k to $41k (+32%).

$15k
$14k
$16k
$19k
$22k
$31k
$41k
$37k
$46k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,855 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
−$2k
’18
$3k
’19
$3k
’20
$3k
’21
$9k
’22
$5k
’23
$1k
’24
$9k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Joanne Winkler

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $500.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER’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 THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
North Carolina out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,713 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin78% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,713 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER

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In North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER?
THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being THE GARDNER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,000 in grants to THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER?
THE GARDNER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FAIRVIEW TOWN CRIER 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing