Nevada · Nonprofit
FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being NV Energy Charitable Foundation ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Fireshowswest First Responders Training and Education Foundation does
Mission
The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to provide training and education to first responders in all disciplines through educational seminars, hands-on training, certification requirements and a deliverance of a trade show that showcases new products for safety. By providing this valuable training and ongoing educational opportunities, FireShowsWest First Responders Training and Education Foundation will prepare first responders with the latest information and techniques that can be used in protecting the communities and citizens they serve.FireShowsWest is not owned or supported by any publication or outside exhibition management group. It is strictly a nonprofit corporation that supports the continuation of educational opportunities and skill enhancement for our first responders.The FireShowsWest team of chief officers, highly-respected industry professionals and many volunteers have been working together since 1997 delivering an outstanding program year aft
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to provide training and education to first responders in all disciplines through educational seminars, hands-on training, certification requirements and a deliverance of a trade show that showcases new products for safety. By providing this valuable training and ongoing educational opportunities, FireShowsWest First Responders Training and Education Foundation will prepare first responders with the latest information and techniques that can be used in protecting the communities and citizens they serve.FireShowsWest is not owned or supported by any publication or outside exhibition management group. It is strictly a nonprofit corporation that supports the continuation of educational opportunities and skill enhancement for our first responders.The FireShowsWest team of chief officers, highly-respected industry professionals and many volunteers have been working together since 1997 delivering an outstanding program year after year. Our mission is dedicated to maintaining the highest training standards as we prepare the fire service for tomorrows challenges.
$237,808 spent$280,142 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $237,808.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $60k to $17k (−72%).
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.
1% of FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.
From the IRS filings of FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Nevada funders.
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.
Against its field
FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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In Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being NV Energy Charitable Foundation ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- NV Energy Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRESHOWSWEST FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 2021–2025), 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing