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LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC

LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being BLACK HAWK COUNTY GAMING ASSOCIATION ($32,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2019
$109k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$46k
Net assets
$88k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Lawler Firefighters Foundation Inc does

Mission

Conduct activities to support fire dept

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Annual fundraising letter

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $33k → $14k.

From the IRS filings of LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS 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

LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC.

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 74% — diversifying over time.

“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.

Where its funders are

92% of LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.

MN
IA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
Iowa out of state home

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

LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,378 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,378 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2019

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In Iowa

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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

IA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC?
LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being BLACK HAWK COUNTY GAMING ASSOCIATION ($32,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $46,000 in grants to LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC?
BLACK HAWK COUNTY GAMING ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $32,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAWLER FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), and the filings of 3 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