California · Nonprofit
SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,058 to it, the largest being MARIUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $37k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $197k
What Santa Clara Firefighters Foundation does
Mission
The Mission of the Santa Clara Fire Fighters Foundation is to promote the welfare of the community by providing services and support to youth, seniors, disabled, and disaster victims.OUR PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AFTER FIRE OR OTHER TRAGEDIES AND TO WORK WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS THROUGH DONATIONS AND MENTORSHIP.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mission college 5k run - funds provide academic programs and support services for the community
$5,000 spent37% of program spendingFirehouse run - 5k family run to support santa clara schools foundation. Several hundred children
$2,000 spent15% of program spendingBill wilson center - supports people of santa clara county prevent poverty through counseling, housing, education, and advocacy
$1,200 spent9% of program spendingWilliam purvis community service scholarship fund - scholarships high school students particiapte in community services - 2 students per year
$1,000 spent7% of program spendingAlisa ann ruch burn foundation - delivering fire prevention education and services to burn survivors and their families in california
$1,000 spent7% of program spendingTurning wheels for kids - provides children with safe new bikes to encourage life long habits of exercise, outdoor activity and independence
$1,000 spent7% of program spendingScusd deaf/hard of hearing program - offers regional deaf/hard of hearing program for students who qualify for special education services under the eligibility of hearing impairment
$850 spent6% of program spendingNational disaster search dog foundation - mission is to strengthen disaster response in america by rescuing and recruiting dogs and partnering them with firefighters and other first responders to find people buried alive in wreckage of disasters.
$360 spent3% of program spendingBetter together - foster leadership skills through a variety of activities, projects, and events. Firefighters and studentts work together to learn skills and openly discuss challenges and opportunities faced as they transition into teen years.
$292 spent2% of program spendingSanta clara westside little league - provides supervised baseball programs in santa clara under little league international organization
$250 spent2% of program spendingPolice activities league fund - police tecahing youth values and rewards that can be accomplished through athletics
$250 spent2% of program spendingSenior assist - volunteer program providing service to elderly members of the community. Focus is on safety concerns around the home including accessibility issues and fire harzards from overgrown vegetation.
$157 spent1% of program spending
The 12 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,359.
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 2020 to 2021, from $153k to $293k (+91%).
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.
96% of SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $40 → $175.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS 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
SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 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
100% of SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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.
Against its field
SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS 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
27% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS 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 SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION?
- SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,058 to it, the largest being MARIUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $71,058 in grants to SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION?
- MARIUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA CLARA FIREFIGHTERS 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 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