Maryland · Nonprofit
INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS
INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being WORLD VISION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Int'L Assoc of Arson Investigators does
Mission
Research, education, training, and professional development within the science of fire investigation
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education, training, & professional development in the science of fire investigation. Training classes consisting of 19 core curriculum and additional speciality classes offered in-person and virtual for the fire investigator student and professional. Nearly 90 classes were held last year with more than 3,700 members in attendance.
$1,809,445 spent$2,257,649 earned by the program75% of program spendingPublication and distribution of fire science investigation information through the fire & arson investigator journal. Over 10,000 issues are distributed annually to current members, colleges, visitors to the office, and a professional organization.
$119,256 spent$47,727 earned by the program5% of program spendingFive professional certifications within fire investigation field. Over 1,500 professionals were newly certified or renewed during the year.
$207,989 spent$254,578 earned by the program9% of program spendingAll other member services
$282,415 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,419,105.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $2.6M to $3.2M (+26%).
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 30% · 2021 9% · 2022 17% · 2023 23% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Anne Stone
Executive Director
Board chair
Trace Lawless
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Against its field
INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS is better cushioned than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.9M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$4.3M
- Department of Justice$601k
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 INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Iaai Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS: 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 INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS?
- INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being WORLD VISION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS.
- Who is the largest funder of INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS?
- WORLD VISION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2020–2024), 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