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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$739k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$986k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What International Association of Fire Fighters does

Mission

To provide representation for the membership in matters related to conditions of their employment including but not limited to employee greivances, wages, hours, working conditions and programs designed to improve the general welfare of the members.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. This program provides membership if affiliate organizations

    $116,848 spent
    71% of program spending
  2. This program provides education for members at various conventions and conferences.

    $36,715 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. This program provides public relations and community interation.

    $12,075 spent
    7% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $165,638.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($393k) Expenses 100 ($287k) Net assets 100 ($788k)2021 Revenue 96 ($377k) Expenses 108 ($310k) Net assets 108 ($855k)2022 Revenue 128 ($505k) Expenses 201 ($577k) Net assets 99 ($781k)2023 Revenue 191 ($750k) Expenses 219 ($628k) Net assets 125 ($983k)2024 Revenue 188 ($739k) Expenses 257 ($737k) Net assets 125 ($986k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (188)Expenses (257)Net assets (125)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 2022 to 2023, from $818k to $2.3M (+185%).

$814k
$868k
$818k
$2.3M
$2.3M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (54% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,338 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$106k
’20
$67k
’21
−$72k
’22
$122k
’23
$2k
’24
8.7
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed8111498
Joined·+5+4+2+2
No longer listed·2173
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS’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 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve8.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

22% of spending goes to programs.

Program 22%Management 78%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS: 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 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS?
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS.
Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS?
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS 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.

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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 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