California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION
SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $703,541 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($189,185). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $598k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $704k
- Net assets
- $538k
What San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to strengthen the department's ability to protect our community by providing enhanced equipment, training, technology, and essential public education and program resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide support directly to the san diego fire rescue department, lifeguards and specialty divisions
$338,034 spentof which $338,034 as grants70% of program spendingWellness center: provides first responders with critical resources for physical recovery, behavioral health support, health screenings, and overall well-being so they can stay healthy and ready to serve the community.
$79,084 spentof which $54,131 as grants16% of program spendingCommunity outreach & education: connects the sdfd with the community through essential safety education, prevention resources, and hands-on engagement. As city resources for outreach decline, this work is more critical than ever to keep our community informed and prepared.
$51,487 spentof which $13,402 as grants11% of program spendingGirls empowerment camp: a free, hands-on program that builds confidence, leadership, and life-saving skills by immersing teens in real-world fire and lifeguard training alongside professional first responders.
$13,549 spentof which $5,855 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $482,154.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $286k to $499k (+74%).
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.
108% of SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Wendy Moore
Executive director
Board chair
Marcela Escobar
President chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $82k → $88k.
9 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION’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
SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
91% 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 SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 37% · 2019 31% · 2020 49% · 2021 91% · 2022 52% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
21% of SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION'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. Of the $132k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $571k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION: 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 SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION?
- SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $703,541 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($189,185). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $703,541 in grants to SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $189,185 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION 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.
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 23 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