Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Operation Lifesaver Inc
Operation Lifesaver Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,027,402 to it, the largest being POSNER FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH ($600,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Operation Lifesaver Inc does
Mission
To educate the public on rail safety around highway-rail grade crossings and pedestrian safety around tracks and trains.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
OLI's program service accomplishments include, but are not limited to: delivery of public education and awareness programs through workshops, state programs, volunteers, interactive e-Learning, online materials via a national website and face-to-face presentations; provide competitive OL State grant for innovative highway-rail grade crossing or railroad trespass prevention projects; develop new educational materials and public awareness campaigns; develop targeted marketing campaigns across the country; and organize and implement a national rail safety week.
$2,805,830 spentof which $765,102 as grants$39,230 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,805,830.
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.
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 $1.1M to $1.4M (+29%).
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: 2017 69% · 2018 64% · 2019 60% · 2020 63% · 2021 64% · 2022 65% · 2023 62% · 2024 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Rachel Maleh
Executive Director
Board chair
Jo Strang
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $18 → $200k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Operation Lifesaver 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
Operation Lifesaver Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 85% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Operation Lifesaver Inc draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Government funding Operation Lifesaver Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.0M on record.
- Department of Transportation$15.0M
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 Operation Lifesaver Inc
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Operation Lifesaver Inc: 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 Operation Lifesaver Inc?
- Operation Lifesaver Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,027,402 to it, the largest being POSNER FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH ($600,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Operation Lifesaver Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,027,402 in grants to Operation Lifesaver Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Operation Lifesaver Inc?
- POSNER FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Operation Lifesaver Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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