California · Nonprofit
AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM
AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,337 to it, the largest being LOS ANGELES RETIRED FIRE AND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION ($27,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $41k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $35k
What African American Firefighter Museum does
Mission
The specific purpose of this organization is to collect, preserve and share whatever relates to the history of african-american firefighters in the los angeles community and other parts of the usa from early 1800's to the present. This shall include the collection, preservation, interpretation, exhibition of and educational programs utilizing photographs, films, documents, records, literature, tools, equipment, uniforms, art and other artifacts and paraphernalia.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
2023 summary:the following summarizes the aaffm's 2023 virtual, onsite and hybrid activities. The aaffm continues to provide programming for free/no cost. Our sincere appreciation and thanks goes to the volunteers and community donors (known and unknown) who supported the aaffm with their time and contributions.onsite toursa. "sundays at the African American Firefighter Museum" 2023 - present continued eventbrite timed-ticketed tour scheduling to ensure a safe environment for visitors and volunteers, and compliance with covid protocols.b. Participated in museum for all and the blue star museum programs.c. Provided tours for elementary schools, middle school, high school and fire cadet prep programsd. Black history month celebration and presentationvirtual tours and programsa. Provided virtual los angeles firefighter history sessions and docent/host training sessionsb. Launched aaffm podcast "blazing trails and breaking norms: african american women's legacy in the fire servicecommunity outreach a. American red cross (arc) blood drives held two successful blood drives that connected new donors to the arc.b. Aaffm 25th anniversary community celebration
$33,005 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,005.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $48k to $35k (−28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $23k → $7k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 50% · 2019 59% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
79% of AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM's revenue fell 52% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,285 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM?
- AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,337 to it, the largest being LOS ANGELES RETIRED FIRE AND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION ($27,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $77,337 in grants to AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM?
- LOS ANGELES RETIRED FIRE AND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $27,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing