Virginia · Nonprofit
International Public Safety Data Institute
International Public Safety Data Institute (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $110 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($110). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $110
- Net assets
- $470k
What International Public Safety Data Institute does
Mission
Research and development focused on data science in the public safety sector.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Organization provides fire safety data research to help public safety agencies use database technology known as the National Fire Operations Report System (NFORS)to help them gather, organize, and translate data to improve how they evaluate risks, deploy resources, and respond to emergencies.
$365,049 spent$497,219 earned by the program39% of program spendingOrganization was an awardee for a Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) grant with Department of Homeland Services (DHS) and Federal Emergency Mgt Agency (FEMA)Grant Programs Directorate to upgrade and improve user access for mobile and Web for the Exposure Tracker Platform. (This platform is free for any firefighter, regardless if their departments are enrolled in the NFORS platform. It uses the same platform, but would limit the users to just be able to maintain their individual career exposures.) In addition, the FireCARES database upgrades, usr access updates, web UI/UX improvements. (This platform is a legacy platform with a public and restricted site that was designed to provide a quick dashboard of a Community Risk Assessment score. Organization is responsible for maintaining it)
$504,044 spent54% of program spendingOrganization supported the Colorado Department of Public Safety, Department of Fire Prevention and Control; provided a Community Risk Assessment (CRA) through research and assessment of key data elements and associated metrics to collaborate and develop a Community Risk Reduction (CRR) plan.
$34,333 spent$44,364 earned by the program4% of program spendingImplementation of the NFORS technology directly with various agencies including direct contracts with the CDC and FEMA (awarded a Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Grant). NFORS technology is also integrated for various public safety and EMS missions and projects, which include data analytics and community risk reduction reporting.
$23,409 spent$94,069 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $926,835.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $328k to $957k (+191%).
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: 2018 69% · 2019 74% · 2020 70% · 2021 41% · 2022 34% · 2023 30% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of International Public Safety Data Institute’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
John Oates
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $37 → $30.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 International Public Safety Data Institute’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 Public Safety Data 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
International Public Safety Data Institute has grown faster than three-quarters of the 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding International Public Safety Data Institute receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.5M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$6.6M
- Department of Health and Human Services$960k
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 International Public Safety Data 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Public Safety Data Institute: 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 Public Safety Data Institute?
- International Public Safety Data Institute (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $110 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($110). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does International Public Safety Data Institute have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $110 in grants to International Public Safety Data Institute, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Public Safety Data Institute?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Public Safety Data Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2018–2024), 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