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Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc

Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,676 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($52,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$998k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$153k
Net assets
$4.1M
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc does

Mission

Reduce electrically related injuries deaths and property damage through research and public education.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Public awareness & pr: the electrical safety foundation international creates free-to-use electrical safety materials for businesses homeowners and consumers. Materials are based on the national electrical code and focus on the safety devices required by the code to prevent electrical accidents and injuries. Materials are available for free on esfis website

    $408,361 spent
    85% of program spending
  2. Device safety: the electrical safety foundation international promotes the importance of devices such as surge protection arc fault ciruit interrupters afci ground-fault circuit interrupters and others that are required in the national electrical code. Materials related to device safety are available for free on esfis website

    $48,043 spent
    10% of program spending
  3. Safety month campaign: national electrical safety month is recognized by various states and serves as the largest nationwide campaign to promote the importance of electrical safety to the public.

    $24,021 spent
    5% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $480,425.

02The 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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($741k) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2018 Revenue 41 ($468k) Expenses 100 ($740k) Net assets 93 ($3.7M)2019 Revenue 42 ($480k) Expenses 83 ($615k) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2020 Revenue 41 ($473k) Expenses 83 ($616k) Net assets 103 ($4.1M)2021 Revenue 45 ($514k) Expenses 85 ($631k) Net assets 106 ($4.2M)2022 Revenue 60 ($684k) Expenses 111 ($822k) Net assets 89 ($3.5M)2023 Revenue 52 ($587k) Expenses 109 ($804k) Net assets 93 ($3.7M)2024 Revenue 87 ($998k) Expenses 112 ($830k) Net assets 105 ($4.1M)
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Revenue (87)Expenses (112)Net assets (105)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.0M to $4.5M (+13%).

$4.2M
$3.8M
$4.2M
$4.2M
$4.4M
$3.9M
$4.0M
$4.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 15% · 2018 33% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

89% of Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,496 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$400k
’17
−$272k
’18
−$134k
’19
−$143k
’20
−$117k
’21
−$138k
’22
−$217k
’23
$168k
’24
5.4
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Jennifer Lefevre

Exec director - starting aug 2024

Board chair

Alan Manche

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20172018202220232024
Listed1719181716
Joined·+4·+3+2
No longer listed·2·43
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $5k.

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $560k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Electrical Manufacturers Association). These are real filings, and they are not money Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc raised.

From the IRS filings of Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc’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

Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

67% 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 Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc.

34%
largest funder
90%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 50% · 2019 50% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 100% — 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

Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.

MA
PA
KY

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,082 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · above the median
Months of reserve5.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,082 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $595k on record.

Federal$595k
grants $595kcontracts $0
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22
Top agencies
  • Department of Homeland Security$595k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc

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 Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

58% of spending goes to programs.

Program 58%Management 40%Fundraising 2%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

86%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc?
Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,676 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($52,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $152,676 in grants to Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc?
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $52,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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