California · Nonprofit
FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE
FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $764,296 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($309,156). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $764k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Firefighters Burn Institute does
Mission
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 establishing a local burn treatment facility; providing recovery programs for burn survivors; providing fire and burn prevention through public education; funding education for burn team professionals, firefighters, and burn survivors; and supporting burn treatment and rehabilitation research.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Burn recovery programs: firefighters kids camp - a special week where children who have suffered serious burn injuries can share an enriching experience in a safe and nurturing environment. The camp is held for one week in the summer and provides young burn survivors with a fun and safe outdoor experience that encourages healing, personal growth and character development. Little heroes family burn camp - a unique three-day recovery program designed to help preschool burn survivors ages 1-6, and their caregivers/families understand and cope with the physical and emotional challenges associated with burn recovery. Team bright - designed to encourage community engagement after a burn injury. Together, shriners children's - northern california and ffbi, plan monthly outings to strengthen skills, boost self-esteem, and inspire normalization. Firefighter volunteers and patients from shriners children's - northern california meet up on coordinated recreational outings during which the firefighters can support goal attainment, help boost survivor skills, and make recovery fun. Burn survivor support group - twice-monthly meetings for burn survivors, family and significant others to come…
$519,635 spentof which $130,000 as grants54% of program spendingOutreach - provide burn program information to organizations, groups and individuals; provide education and publicity about the availability of burn programs and services; give reports, make public presentations and increase awareness about the Firefighters Burn Institute; collaborate with other non-profit organizations and individuals, contribute to other organizations with similar purposes and missions, and recognize and encourage those who support burn care, prevention and recovery.
$155,673 spent16% of program spendingEducation - american burn association scholarships - ffbi is committed to funding education for medical burn team professionals and supporting burn treatment and rehabilitation research. To help fulfill this portion of our mission ffbi provides a limited number of educational scholarships for shriners children's - northern california and uc davis medical center staff to attend the annual american burn association conference. Cliff haskell perpetual scholarships - in honor of our founder, an educational scholarship program for burn survivors who are pre-enrolled and accepted for full-time attendance to a college, university, trade school, or technical school. World burn congress scholarships - world burn congress (wbc) is the world's largest gathering of the burn community, connecting attendees with resources, support, and each other. Wbc offers a supportive environment for transformational healing and gives those affected by burn injuries the tools to thrive again. The ffbi is honored to provide scholarships to burn survivors in need who would not otherwise be able to experience this life changing conference.
$127,620 spentof which $42,179 as grants13% of program spendingBurn prevention - the youth firesetter program (yfp) is an intervention program for youth who exhibit a tendency to misuse fire. This program is comprised of fire, probation, burn and healthcare professionals who provide a coordinated effort in helping youth firesetters and their families receive the assistance they need through assessments, psychological referrals, and education. This program teaches families safe and responsible behaviors related to fire use as well as the financial, emotional, and social consequences of firesetting. Safety fairs - are hosted and coordinated to bring the message of burn prevention and fire safety to large numbers of people. Burn research - clinical and laboratory research grants are awarded to researchers and burn care professionals in an effort to gain new knowledge and insight to facilitate advancements in burn care and improve treatment of burn injuries.
$161,925 spentof which $5,000 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $964,853.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.0M to $2.5M (+22%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $39k → $121k.
7 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 66% · 2019 39% · 2020 45% · 2021 44% · 2022 34% · 2023 47% — 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.
How long its funders stay
35% of FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $345k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $420k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE
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.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE?
- FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $764,296 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($309,156). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $764,296 in grants to FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $309,156 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE 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.
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 32 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