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California Fire Chiefs Association

California Fire Chiefs Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $212,469 to it, the largest being WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC ($212,469). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$954k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$212k
Net assets
$954k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($352k) Expenses 100 ($277k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2018 Revenue 146 ($516k) Expenses 232 ($643k) Net assets 87 ($880k)2019 Revenue 155 ($547k) Expenses 216 ($600k) Net assets 78 ($788k)2020 Revenue 173 ($610k) Expenses 255 ($708k) Net assets 69 ($690k)2021 Revenue 215 ($756k) Expenses 301 ($835k) Net assets 61 ($612k)2022 Revenue 230 ($810k) Expenses 319 ($885k) Net assets 53 ($537k)2023 Revenue 206 ($725k) Expenses 219 ($606k) Net assets 65 ($656k)2024 Revenue 292 ($1.0M) Expenses 284 ($787k) Net assets 89 ($896k)2025 Revenue 271 ($954k) Expenses 323 ($897k) Net assets 95 ($954k)
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Revenue (271)Expenses (323)Net assets (95)

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$75k
’17
−$127k
’18
−$52k
’19
−$98k
’20
−$78k
’21
−$75k
’22
$119k
’23
$241k
’24
$57k
’25
11
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $8k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of California Fire Chiefs Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

California Fire Chiefs Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

OR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

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In California

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds California Fire Chiefs Association?
California Fire Chiefs Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $212,469 to it, the largest being WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC ($212,469). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does California Fire Chiefs Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $212,469 in grants to California Fire Chiefs Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of California Fire Chiefs Association?
WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $212,469 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like California Fire Chiefs Association 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing