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MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT

MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $142 to it, the largest being THE SIXTEEN FOUNDATION ($112). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$283k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$142
Net assets
$120k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Murfreesboro Fire Fighters Associat does

Mission

M.f.f.a. Is a labor union organized to elevate fire fighting as a profession by improving its members' skill, efficiency, physical & moral condition.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To serve a membership of approximately 120 active members with regards to issues with employment and wage representation. Also, to serve as an outlet for such members to contribute to charitable and political organizations.

    $109,406 spentof which $6,830 as grants
    99% of program spending
  2. To serve a membership of approximately 120 active members with regards to issues with employment and wage representation. Also, to serve as an outlet for such members to contribute to charitable and political organizations.

    $1,448 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $110,854.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($232k) Expenses 100 ($240k) Net assets 100 ($84k)2018 Revenue 95 ($220k) Expenses 91 ($218k) Net assets 102 ($86k)2019 Revenue 80 ($186k) Expenses 87 ($208k) Net assets 76 ($64k)2020 Revenue 87 ($201k) Expenses 80 ($193k) Net assets 85 ($72k)2021 Revenue 82 ($189k) Expenses 80 ($191k) Net assets 83 ($70k)2022 Revenue 89 ($206k) Expenses 88 ($211k) Net assets 78 ($66k)2023 Revenue 90 ($208k) Expenses 91 ($218k) Net assets 66 ($56k)2024 Revenue 92 ($214k) Expenses 86 ($207k) Net assets 74 ($63k)2025 Revenue 122 ($283k) Expenses 94 ($225k) Net assets 142 ($120k)
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Revenue (122)Expenses (94)Net assets (142)

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 $87k to $141k (+63%).

$102k
$104k
$88k
$91k
$95k
$88k
$79k
$87k
$141k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
$2k
’18
−$22k
’19
$8k
’20
−$2k
’21
−$4k
’22
−$10k
’23
$7k
’24
$57k
’25
4.0
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.

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Listed999999999
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'19
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT’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

MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% 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

79%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

100% of MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

TN

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

Organizations like MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT

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 Tennessee

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 0%Fundraising 51%

Governance

10
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

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT?
MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $142 to it, the largest being THE SIXTEEN FOUNDATION ($112). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $142 in grants to MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT.
Who is the largest funder of MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT?
THE SIXTEEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $112 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MURFREESBORO FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIAT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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