California · Public charity
California Fire Foundation
The CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION (cff) is a public benefit charity that provides assistance to victims of fire and conducts public education campaigns about fire safety and the devastating effects of fire. It recognizes the courage of fire fighters, and the perseverance and sacrifice of fire victims. The california firefighters memorial,…
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 88
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 86
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 139
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations California Fire Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Public Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 85 | $1.4M | 48% |
| FY2023 | 86 | $2.1M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 110 | $1.7M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 109 | $1.7M | 73% |
| FY2020 | 139 | $1.7M | 81% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $1.0M | 82% |
| FY2018 | 65 | $896k | 98% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $165k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Public Safety & Disaster$11MCrime & Legal$842kEnvironment$501kCommunity Improvement$244kCivil Rights$240kArts & Culture$130kHealth$105kHuman Services$101kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MI
MA
CA
CO
DC
HI
GA
TX
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Fire Fighters Association Local 1463 Int'L Assocof Firefghtr | $728,524 | 2 | 31% |
| North Coast Opportunities Inc | $345,000 | 5 | 1% |
| EmergencyRV Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 49% |
| Direct Relief | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Safety Blitz Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Projectcamp | $190,000 | 3 | 13% |
| International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tiny Pine Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 24% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Fire Fighters Association Local 1463 Int'L Assocof Firefghtr | $728,524 | 2 | 31% |
| North Coast Opportunities Inc | $345,000 | 5 | 1% |
| EmergencyRV Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 49% |
| Direct Relief | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Safety Blitz Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Projectcamp | $190,000 | 3 | 13% |
| International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tiny Pine Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Weaverville Fire District | $76,850 | 5 | n/a |
| Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation | $70,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Firefighters Burn Institute | $64,817 | 8 | 1% |
| San Diego Regional Fire & Emergency | $64,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Building Resilient Communities | $61,000 | 3 | 22% |
| County of Tuolumne | $55,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Trauma Intervention Programs Inc | $53,156 | 3 | n/a |
| Kern River Conservancy | $51,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Hornbrook Fire Protection District | $50,053 | 4 | n/a |
| Tehama Conservation Fund | $50,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Community Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsula | $50,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| John Burton Advocates for Youth | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Tenants Together | $50,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Scott Valley Fire Protection Dist | $47,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Oakland Firesafe Council | $45,500 | 4 | 17% |
| City of la Habra Heights | $45,159 | 3 | n/a |
| La Family Housing Corporation | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Groveland Community Services Distri | $44,866 | 3 | n/a |
| Women in California Leadership Inc | $44,662 | 3 | 2% |
| The Childrens Lifesaving Foundation | $44,308 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Lompoc | $43,970 | 3 | n/a |
| Downieville Fire Protection Distric | $43,027 | 3 | n/a |
| Tuolumne Band of Me Wuk In | $42,957 | 3 | n/a |
| American Lung Association | $42,120 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson Valley Fire Protection Dist | $41,122 | 3 | n/a |
| Great Basin Unified Apcd | $41,010 | 4 | n/a |
| People For Irvine Community Health | $40,068 | 2 | 1% |
| Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Ventura County Fire Safe Council Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 10% |
| 805 Undocufund | $40,000 | 2 | 5% |
| North Bay Jobs With Justice | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Plumas Crisis Intervention and Resource Center | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bridgeport Fire Protection District | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Apple Valley Fire Protection Distri | $38,125 | 3 | n/a |
| Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers | $38,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Tuolumne Fire District | $37,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Hopland Fire Protection District | $37,170 | 3 | n/a |
| North Shore Fire Protection Distric | $36,830 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Newman | $35,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Bridges | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Tribal Emergency Response & Relief Agency | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arcata Vol Firefighters Assn Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jumpstart Labs Inc DBA Jewish JUMPSTART JSLABS | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Red Bluff | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Sonora | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Placer County | $34,456 | 2 | n/a |
| Fire Safe Sonoma | $33,920 | 2 | 3% |
| Pine Ridge Volunteer Fire Department | $33,400 | 2 | 10% |
| Paradise Fire Protection District | $33,099 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Alta | $32,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pioneer Fire Protection District | $31,613 | 2 | n/a |
| Nevada County Consolidated Fire Dis | $30,854 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Brea | $30,447 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Action Project Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Elk Creek Volunteer Fire Department | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action Board | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mammoth Lakes Firesafe Council | $30,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| International Association of Firefighters Local 2734 Chico | $30,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Employers Training Resource | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Willows | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kern Fire Safe Council | $30,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Central Calaveras Fire & Rescue Pro | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Twain Harte Community Services | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tulare Co Rcd | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| County of Marin | $29,868 | 2 | n/a |
| Comptche Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $29,623 | 2 | 12% |
| Mi Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection D | $29,391 | 2 | n/a |
| Ebbetts Pass Fire District | $28,666 | 2 | n/a |
| Geyserville Fire Protection Dist | $28,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Wheeler Crest Fire Protection Distr | $28,539 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocfa | $28,148 | 2 | n/a |
| Amador Fire Protection District | $27,807 | 2 | n/a |
| The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation | $27,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Rescue Fire Protection District | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| International Association of Fire Fighters 809 Iaff | $27,279 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Napa- Office of Mayor | $27,185 | 2 | n/a |
| Cultural Fire Management Council | $27,095 | 2 | 1% |
| Northern Sonoma County Cert | $27,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern California Resource Center | $27,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Stones Bengard Community Srvcs Dist | $26,129 | 3 | n/a |
| City Of Victorville | $25,921 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Monterey Park | $25,750 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Arcadia | $25,620 | 2 | n/a |
| Cottonwood Fire Protection District | $25,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Depar | $25,050 | 2 | n/a |
| North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Fairfield | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Pillsbury Fire Protection District | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara County Fire Dept | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| West Stanislaus County Fire Protection District | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonoma Family Meal | $25,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Intl Assoc of Fire Fighters Lo 372 Long Beach | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lakehead Volunteer Fire Company 54 | $25,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Foresthill Fire Protection District | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Yuba City - Fire Department | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me Wuk I | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Hemet | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Clara Fire Safe Council Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Lgbtq Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Equality California Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California State Protocol Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Women's Foundation of California | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation Department | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Shaver Lake Visitors Bureau | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Happy 50 Plus Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Alameda County Fire Department | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California Human Development Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Merced | $24,973 | 1 | n/a |
| Tehama County Apcd | $24,923 | 2 | n/a |
| Dunnigan Fire Protection District | $24,428 | 2 | n/a |
| Coastal Headwaters Association | $24,000 | 2 | 19% |
| City of Yucaipa Fire Department | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| West Almanor Fire | $23,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Ponderosa Fire Brigade | $23,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Kettenpom-Zenia Volunteers | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chula Vista | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Margarita Fire District | $22,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Calaveras Consolidated Fire Protect | $22,624 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Lake Fire Protection Dist | $22,338 | 2 | n/a |
| Mayten Fire Protection District | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooktrails Community Services Dist | $21,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Safer West County | $21,500 | 2 | n/a |
| West Point Fire Protection District | $20,940 | 2 | n/a |
| Shaver Lake Civic League Inc | $20,275 | 2 | 1% |
| McArthur Fire Protection District | $20,200 | 2 | n/a |
| City of San Luis Obispo | $20,120 | 2 | n/a |
| The California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association | $20,000 | 1 | 15% |
| United Way of Northern California | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ceres Community Project | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Doyle Fire Protection District | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Dept | $20,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Piercy Fire Protection District | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| KnoQoti Native Wellness Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Feeding the Foothills | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Butte County | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn City of Fire Department | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Pillsbury Firefighters Assoc | $20,000 | 1 | 48% |
| County of Alpine | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chester Public Utility Department | $19,947 | 2 | n/a |
| Williams Fire Protection District | $19,280 | 3 | n/a |
| Central California Food Bank | $19,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alpine Fire Protection District | $18,778 | 2 | n/a |
| San Antonio Volunteer Fire Department | $18,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Albion Little River Fire Protection District | $17,735 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ukiah | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Briceland Volunteer Fire Department | $17,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mendocino Vol Fire Dept Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 23% |
| County of Lassen | $15,351 | 1 | n/a |
| Angelus Oaks Fire Safe Council | $15,158 | 1 | n/a |
| Unite to Light Inc | $15,040 | 2 | 3% |
| Radio Bilingue Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma County Fire District | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pleasants Valley Fire Safe Council - Vacaville | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Laporte Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mt Shasta | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of South El Monte | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Oakland OPRYD | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop Rural Fire Protection Distrc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protec | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United Way of Nevada County | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manton Fire Safe Council | $15,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Twain Harte Volunteer Fire Department Twain Harte Fire Fighters Assoc | $15,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Daggett Community Services District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ventura | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zamora Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Legislative Lgbt Foundat | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| College of the Redwoods Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Del Norte Fire Safe Council | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Service Center for Independent Life | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Lake County Fire | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northstar Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 911 at Ease International Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mill Valley Public Library | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresno County Fire Protection Distr | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Richmond Ca | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Association of Fire Fighters | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Elk Volunteer Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westport Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ojai Valley Firesafe Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Butte County Fire Safe Council | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whispering Winds Catholic Conference Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Auburn Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Montebello | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mattole Restoration Council | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larkfield Resilience Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| County of Santa Clara | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Int'L Association of Firefighters Local 1186 | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Bakersfield | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Happy Valley Fire Protection Distr | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Bernardino | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ventura County K9 Search and Rescue | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bread Fish Fire & Rescue | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid Klamath Watershed Council | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| West Slope Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coffee Creek Volunteer Fire District (Ccvfc) | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of San Rafael | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Family Counseling Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collaborating Agencies Disaster Relief Effort | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Fund for Resource Conservation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One805 Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Zayante Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redwood Coast Fire Protection | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Fire Museum | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Fire Safe Marin Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Murphys Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Monterey County | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Plumas Rural Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Post Mountain Public Utilities Dist | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benicia Frc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Future Talent of Silicon Valley | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Novato Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Weed | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Costa Mesa Community Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Fairplay-Aukum Community Hall | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Sikh Center Redding | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of California City | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hyampom Community Service District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Redlands | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Fire Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| County of Madera | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Laguna Beach | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Butte Creek Canyon Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Catalina Island Conservancy | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Valley Fire & Rescue Authori | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Graeagle Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rodeo - Hercules Fire Protection | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cordelia Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Driven to Serve | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Marin Fire Authority | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Gate Firefighters Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Orange | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Andreas Fire Protection Distric | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plumas County Fire Safe Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Four Paws to Freedom | $15,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Mountain Valley Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | 22% |
| La Familia Sana | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lemon Aide Project | $15,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Nuestra Comunidad | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fire Safe Council East Orange County Canyons | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Firefighter Psychology Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Of Rialto | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Copco Lake Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Napa | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moraga-Orinda Fire District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rancho Adobe Fire Protection Dist | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians | $14,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosquito Fire Protection District | $14,922 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Santa Maria | $14,914 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Colton | $14,902 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dunsmuir | $14,845 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Santa Barbara Public Library | $14,844 | 1 | n/a |
| City of San Bruno | $14,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Graton Fire Protection District | $14,751 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Almanor Community Foundation | $14,680 | 1 | 9% |
| City of Hidden Hills | $14,677 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Burbank | $14,650 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Visalia Animal Services | $14,648 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Fire Protection District | $14,557 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Madera County Fire Safe Council Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Trinity Center Community Services D | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Humboldt Bay Fire | $14,391 | 1 | n/a |
| Gilroy Fire Department | $14,312 | 1 | n/a |
| Spalding Volunteer Fire Department | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Palos Verdes Estates | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Contra Costa Fire Protection | $13,864 | 1 | n/a |
| Bodega Bay Fire Protection District | $13,644 | 2 | n/a |
| Valley Center Fire Protection Distr | $13,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Jones Volunteer Fire Department Association | $13,600 | 1 | n/a |
| North County Fire Protection Distri | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Safe Community Project | $13,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Five Cities Fire Authority | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| North Auburn - Ophir Fire Safe Coun | $13,236 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastside Fire Protection District | $13,123 | 1 | n/a |
| Meadow Valley Fire Department Aka Meadow Valley Firemans Fund | $13,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Dobbins Oregon House Fire Protectio | $12,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Penn Valley Fire Protection Distric | $12,545 | 1 | n/a |
| Fortuna Fire Protection District | $12,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneer Mutual Hook & Ladder Society | $12,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Contra Costa Cnty Flood Control & Water | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | $12,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Barstow Fire Protection District | $12,310 | 1 | n/a |
| Lassen Fire Safe Council Inc | $12,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Plumas Eureka Csd | $12,066 | 1 | n/a |
| Dry Creek Rancheria | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Modoc Fire Safe Council | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Beach Firefighters Memorial Assoc | $12,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Orange Cove Fire Protection Distric | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid Coast Fire Brigade | $12,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources and Environment Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Fire Safe Council of Nevada County | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hayfork Fire Protection District | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oak to Timberline Fire Safe Council | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chino Valley Fire District | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| LandPaths | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stewards of the Sequoia | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Oxnard Firefighters Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foothill Fire Protection District | $11,969 | 1 | n/a |
| Warfighter Overwatch | $11,945 | 1 | 4% |
| City of Compton Department Parks and Recreation | $11,900 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chowchilla Fire Department | $11,860 | 1 | n/a |
| Yurok Tribe | $11,849 | 1 | n/a |
| Newberry Community Service District | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Strawberry Fire Protection District | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamilton Branch Fire Protection Dis | $11,454 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council | $11,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Southern Trinity Volunteer Fire Department | $10,981 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Monrovia | $10,548 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Palm Springs | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Initiatives | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Antelope Valley Fire Protection Dis | $10,415 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Mendocino | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orland Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Georgetown Fire Protection Distric | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cope Northern Sonoma County | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Oroville Hope Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Centro La Familia Advocacy Services INC | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tuolumne Fire Safe Council | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| City of Chico | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amador Fire Safe Council | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Valley Center Fsc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Sierra Volunteer Fire Training Officers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Artois Fire Protection District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fallen Leaf Volunteer Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milford Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Throwing Starfish Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Quincy Fire Protection District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire Safe Santa Cruz County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fundamental Change | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Paradise | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Kitchen Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Canyon Fire District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central California Animal Disaster Team | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Puente de la Costa Sur | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey County Regional Fire Prote | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Bear Fire Authority | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siskiyou County Apcd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plumas County Search and Rescue Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lake Area Rotary Club Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City-Rancho Cucamonga | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pinole Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bishop | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Wildfire Experience | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresno Rescue Mission Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Healdsburg Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paradise Gleaners Food Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Firefighter Cancer Support Network Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kern County Fire Fighters Union Iaff No 1301 | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| One Step Beyond Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clements Rural Fire Protection Dist | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Alturas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rough and Ready Fire Protection Dis | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ione | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Association of Fire Fighters | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| El Dorado County Fire Safe Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mentis | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Delta Fire District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oroville Rescue Mission Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chalfant Valley Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Timber Cove Fire Protection Distric | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siskiyou Domestic Violence & Crisis Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Bay Organizing Project | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles County Fire Department Asian Pacific Islander Association | $10,000 | 1 | 88% |
| Phoenix Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Sanger | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Warm Coat | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Happy Camp Community Action Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Willows Rural Fire Protection Distr | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Aidteam Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gold Ridge Fire Protection District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Graniteville Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sierra Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 62% |
| Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacramento River Fire Protection Di | $9,241 | 1 | n/a |
| Children of Restaurant Employees Ltd | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Poverello House | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Action Partnership of Kern | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inter-Canyon League | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fall River Mills Fire Protection Di | $8,794 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Angels | $8,776 | 1 | n/a |
| Governors Cup Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department Volunteers | $7,828 | 1 | n/a |
| County Of Kings | $7,574 | 1 | n/a |
| Improve Your Tomorrow Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles County Delegation Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Bayliss Fire Protection District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ord Bend Fire Protection District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Fire Fighters' Toy Program | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra City Fire District | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Montezuma Valley Volunteer Community Service Organization | $7,300 | 1 | 64% |
| City of Atascadero | $6,964 | 1 | n/a |
| North Tahoe Fire Protection District | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel Firefighters Association | $6,500 | 1 | 25% |
| Campo Band of Mission Indians | $6,371 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Gonzales Ca | $6,363 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Shastina Fire Department | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Mayacamas Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington Fire District | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mesothelioma Research Foundation of America | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Placer Hills Fire Department | $5,396 | 1 | n/a |
| Herlong Public Utility District | $5,232 | 1 | n/a |
| Coro Northern California Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Inc Trust Fund Mt Diablo Silverado Council Trust | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
California Fire Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 188 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 188.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
California Fire Safe Council IncCA82.1× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: California Fire Safe Council Inc · United Way of the Wine Country · Latino Community Foundation · Public Health Institute · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · United Way of Northern California · North Valley Community Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Humboldt Area Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The PG&E Corporation Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About California Fire Foundation
- How much does California Fire Foundation give?
- California Fire Foundation reported 88 itemized grants totaling $1,492,051, out of $2,588,421 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 139 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does California Fire Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (81%), Crime & Legal (6%), Environment (4%).
- Who are California Fire Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hawaii Fire Fighters Association Local 1463 Int'L Assocof Firefghtr ($729k), North Coast Opportunities Inc ($345k), EmergencyRV Inc ($225k).
- Does California Fire Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Fire Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Fire Safe Council Inc, United Way of the Wine Country, Latino Community Foundation.
- Where is California Fire Foundation based?
- California Fire Foundation is based in CA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home