Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,165 to it, the largest being NELSONS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,600). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $0
What Firefighters Support Foundation Inc does
Mission
The exempt purpose of the firefighters support foundation is to assist firefighter and rescue personnel perform their jobs effectively and safely, aid underfunded agencies, assist families of fallen firefighters in their greatest time of need and to help prevent fires and fire injuries through public awareness. We accomplish this mission through four program services areas (1) training developed with leading experts and available nationwide free of charge to help increase the safety and effectiveness of firefighters and rescue personnel (2) fire and ems equipment grant program provides cash grants for departments to purchase equipment to improve service personnel and citizen safety (3) survivor financial grant program provides cash grants to family survivors of firefighters who have died in the line of duty (4) public fire safety awareness to educate families about important steps they can take to prevent fires and improve their safety in the event of a fire
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Program
Training is consistently cited as a critical need in fire service surveys yet professional level training can be hard to come by, or expensive or both. This is why providing free training is our primary mission,and is the program area to which we devote the bulk of our funds. Fsf's primary focus is on providing life-saving, injury preventing, and other valuable training to firefighters, emergency medical technicians (emts), search and rescue personnel (s&r), first responders, and emergency management (em) personnel. We produce our own first responder specific training programs on critical issues and distribute them free of charge to these professionals. Fsf programs are used by agencies nationwide. We currently offer programs in four areas. Core subjects, emerging issues, advance topics and mental wellness. Programs are developed and taught by academy level instructors with significant experience in their fields. Our programs provide turnkey training for individuals and agencies. Our traning programs are designed to be used by both individual service members and by agency trainers. They generally include a video and powerpoint presentation. These programs provide turnkey training.…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2018 to 2019, from $188k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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 → 2022: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $155 → $4k.
From the IRS filings of FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION 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
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 34% · 2019 43% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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 FY2022, 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
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 SUPPORT FOUNDATION 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
21% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 46 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: 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 FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC?
- FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,165 to it, the largest being NELSONS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,600). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $4,165 in grants to FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC?
- NELSONS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 9 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing