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National Fire Sprinkler Association Inc

To protect lives and property from fire through wide-spread acceptance of the fire sprinkler concept.

$324k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$634kHealth$170kPublic Benefit$150kArts & Culture$25k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $317,667, the rows itemized in this filing. The $324,062 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,395 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

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
$36,667
Median grant
6
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMON VOICES$120,000
HOME FIRE SPRINKLER COALITION$50,000
PHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN SURVIVORS$45,000
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORY INC$36,667
THE SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$30,000
ARAPAHOE FIRE PROTECTION LLC$18,000
THE KEY WEST HARRY S TRUMAN FOUNDATION$10,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO$8,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOME FIRE SPRINKLER COALITION INC: $63k → 7%CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY: $10k → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $35k → 16%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 22%HAWAII FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 9%THE KEY WEST HARRY S TRUMAN FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%PHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN SURVIVORS: $45k → 11%COMMON VOICES: $120k → 9%STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL: $14k → 8%ARAPAHOE FIRE PROTECTION LLC: $18k → 8%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO: $8k → 10%HOOSIER BURN CAMP INC: $11k → 19%UNDERWRITERS LABORATORY INC: $37k → 14%NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION: $230k → 6%STATE OF MAINE OFFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL: $18k → 12%HOME FIRE SPRINKLER COALITION: $50k → 7%CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY: $10k → 10%THE SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $30k → 16%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 22%THE KEY WEST HARRY S TRUMAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%PHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN SURVIVORS: $35k → 11%COMMON VOICES: $100k → 9%HOOSIER BURN CAMP INC: $7k → 19%NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%HOME FIRE SPRINKLER COALITION: $25k → 7%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%COMMON VOICES: $100k → 9%COMMON VOICES: $20k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MI
MA
IN
PA
MD
TN
NC
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$963k · 9 repeat orgs$335k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$963k
$272k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+35%

Still filing today

89%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public Safety & DisasterHealthPublic BenefitArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CV
    COMMON VOICES
    4× · 2018–2025 · $340k · revenue +12%
  • PS
    PHOENIX SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $80k · revenue +28%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2020 · $35k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $230k · revenue +35%
  • SO
    State of Maine
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • ND
    NC DEPT OF INSURANCE
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
National Historical Fire Foundation
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2
Firefighters Burn Institute

Burn survivor recovery support - the firefighters burn institute (ffbi) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded by sacramento fire captain cliff haskell and the sacramento area fire fighters local 522 in 1973, for the purpose of…

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3
Beyond the Burn Foundation

The mission of Beyond the Burn Foundation is to support burn survivors and empower communities through direct relief, strategic investments in burn care research, and partnerships that improve outcomes for those affected by burn trauma.

Philanthropy
4
Firefighters Research and Education

To educate firefighters and the public about fire safety and the dangers of hazardous substances and infectious diseases in emergency situations; and to conduct and report scientific research and sponsor programs of public information…

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5
Firefighters for Healing

The mission of firefighters for healing is to support burn and trauma survivors through direct emotional and financial support at the time they most need it. firefighters for healing provides innovative and holistic solutions to support…

Philanthropy
6
Florida Fire Marshals & Inspectors Association Inc

To inform the public on fire prevention and safety.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Denver Fire Fighters Burn Foundation Inc

The dffcf is a fire fighter-based, non-profit organization established to educate families, emergency workers, & medical community about burn prevention & care while providing burn survivors & their families support & recovery assistance.…

Human Services
8
International Association of Firefighter S Professional Firefighters of Utah

The mission purpose for the organization is to provide workplace safety, economic security and education for the affiliate organizations in the state of Utah. The organization pays for all submitted expenses for the University of Utah Burn…

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9
International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation

To support international association of fire fighters members and their families in their time of need, promote fire and burn prevention, advocate for fire fighter health and safety, and provide public education on how to prevent and…

Human Services
10
Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation Inc

To partner with the fire service and burn care community to provide fire safety and prevention education, support medical facilities, and assist burn survivors in their recovery.

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Houston Fire Museum Inc

The houston fire museum engages, educates, and enlightens the community on the importance of fire and life safety, and preserves the history and heritage of houston's diverse fire services.

Arts & Culture
12
Fire
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shriners' Hospital for Children; the most unlike its peers is The Key West Harry S Truman Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMON VOICES: $340,000 · OtherCOMMON VOICESNATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND: $230,000 · OtherNATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUNDFIRE SAFE FLORIDA POLITICAL COMMITTEE INC: $150,000 · OtherFIRE SAFE FLORIDA POLITICAL COMMITTEE INCPHOENIX SOCIETY INC: $80,000 · OtherPHOENIX SOCIETY INCNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Other+3 more: $49,890 · Other+3 moreTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $147,200 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' H…HOOSIER BURN CAMP INC: $18,000 · HealthHOOSIER BURN CA…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $8,000 · HealthHOME FIRE SPRINKLER COALITION INC: $137,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHOME FIRE SPRI…THE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY INC: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE CENTER FOR…HAWAII FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHAWAII FIRE CH…UNDERWRITERS LABORATORY INC: $36,667 · Public BenefitTHE KEY WEST HARRY S TRUMAN FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$884,890Health$173,200Public Safety & Disaster$167,500Public Benefit$36,667Arts & Culture$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMON VOICES: $340,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetNATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND: $230,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $147,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOME FIRE SPRINKLER COALITION INC: $137,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetPHOENIX SOCIETY INC: $80,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE KEY WEST HARRY S TRUMAN FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetHOOSIER BURN CAMP INC: $18,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHAWAII FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Inc: 87% of income from government
  • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 16 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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