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International Association of Fire Fighters at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

International Association of Fire Fighters

To organize all fire fighters and emergency medical or rescue workers to: secure just compensation; promote a safe, healthy and harmonious work environment; promote research and training; encourage the formation of unions; cultivate friendship and fellowship among its members.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$66k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

57% of International Association of Fire Fighters’s FY2025 grant dollars went to President And Fellows Of Harvard College, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’24
3
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $115,853, the rows itemized in this filing. The $180,414 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $64,561 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $66k
$25,000
Median grant
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States reached
$70M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$66,000
GAVIN FOUNDATION$25,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$14,853
LABOR COMMUNITY SERVICES$10,000
02Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Laborers International Union of 341 Hcl

Union hall devoted to the betterment of members compensation and working conditions, to secure recognition of workers rights to engage in collective bargaining, and to promote the development and maintenance of on-the-job safety practices…

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2
Environmental Research Center Inc

To safeguard the public from health hazards that impact families, workers, and the environment

Environment
3
Farmworker Justice Fund Inc

Farmworker justice fund, inc. is a non-profit corporation established under the laws of the district of columbia. its mission is to empower farmworkers to improve their wages, working conditions, occupational safety, health, immigration…

Civil Rights
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
Harvard Global Research and Support Services Inc

The corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended. specifically, the corporation has been formed for the…

Education
6
Employ America

To promote macroeconomic policies that ensure the sustained advancement of labor market outcomes for all american workers, i.e. tight labor markets, higher wages and better quality employment.

Employment
7
Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society

Labor relations with employer; labor contract and grievance negotiations, recognition of members and retirees, and health, dental, and legal defense member benefits.

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8
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
9
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
10
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
Qlarant Inc

Qlarant inc's, mission is to improve health in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Irish Cultural Centre Inc; the most unlike its peers is Healing Emergency Aid Response Team 911. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
02the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
2/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

President and Fellows of Harvard College: $66,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeGOOD JOBS FIRST: $50,000 · EducationGOOD JOBS FIRSTGAVIN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyGAVIN FOUNDATION INCHealing Emergency Aid Response Team 911: $16,000 · PhilanthropyHealing Emergency Aid R…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $14,853 · EnvironmentLABOR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM OF LOS ANGELES: $10,000 · Human ServicesIRISH CULTURAL CENTRE INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA: $6,500 · Other
Education$116,000Philanthropy$41,000Environment$14,853Human Services$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500Other$6,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $66,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD JOBS FIRST: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGAVIN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealing Emergency Aid Response Team 911: $16,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $14,853 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRISH CULTURAL CENTRE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization International Association of Fire Fighters funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Association of Fire Fighters. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 8 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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