International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation

Analysis

International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.5m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $4.0m to $3.1m (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Neighbor House ($3.1m), We-Cycle ($3.1m) and Metro Centers for Community Advocacy ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 48% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $411k. At year end it held assets of $6.3m against liabilities of $756k, net assets of $5.6m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.