· Public charity
Western Fire Chiefs Association Inc
To pursue the protection of life and property by leadership, education and support for its members and affiliate organizations.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $102k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $51,500 |
| CAL POLY CORPORATION | $50,000 |
| SOUTHEASTERN ASSC-FIRE CHIEFS | $15,000 |
| CALIFORNIA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOC | $8,000 |
| GREAT LAKES DIVISION | $6,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 59% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCalifornia Fire Chiefs Association8× · 2017–2024 · $212k · revenue +171%
- CPCAL POLY CORPORATION2× · 2023–2024 · $107k · revenue +18%
- SASOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS6× · 2017–2022 · $103k · revenue +200%
Funded once
- WSWA State Association of Fire Chiefsgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $54k · revenue +114%
- WFWASHINGTON FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCone grant, 2023 · $7k
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.
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.
Enhance capabilities of Fire Training Officers in San Diego County.
To represent firefighters in contract negotiations.
The Racine Firefighters Association is a part of the Racine Volunteer Fire Department.
We are dedicated to ensuring our members a strong and united voice in the evolution of the Fire Service through unity in leadership political action education and quality member services.
The objectives are to secure adequate remuneration, for the betterment of conditions,for a higher degree of efficiency, to improve the standards for moral, social and economic standards, the cultivation of good fellowship among its members.
The Association serves the fire and emergency responders of Texas and beyond, exists to improve the Texas fire service, and is committed to the betterment of Texas emergency services.
To provide a mutual association of chief officers of the fire departments within Santa Barbara County, to promote the efficient operation and well being of member fire departments, to coordinate all operations deemed necessary in times of…
To provide assistance to member locals in local union efforts and legislative efforts at the state level.
Provide insurance for members. Provide group purchasing for members for recreational supplies. Organize and fund retirement promotions and other parties and social events. Provide legal counsel for negotiations with city in regards to…
Virginia fire chief's association is the advocate for leadership of emergency response organizations, providing comprehensive and integrated statewide public safty efforts, enhancing the quality of life for citizens of virginia by reducing…
Education of Emergency First Responders.
Bringing firefighters together with one voice to promote the training, working conditions, rights, and safety of the occupation.
How this is measured
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. 8 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS INC ↗
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- Who funds CAL POLY CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS ↗
- Who funds OREGON FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WA State Association of Fire Chiefs ↗
- Who funds GREAT LAKES DIVISION IAFC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Western Fire Chiefs Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Western Fire Chiefs Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oregon Fire Chiefs Association Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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