Washington · Nonprofit
Seattle Fire Foundation
Seattle Fire Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,267 to it, the largest being GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ($144,507). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $449k
- Net assets
- $238k
What Seattle Fire Foundation does
Mission
The Seattle Fire Foundation helps provide the essential tools, equipment and training resources to keep SFD firefighters safe and improve their ability to better protect us all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Thermal imaging cameras for the seattle firefighters - equip seattle firefighters to improve their safety and effectiveness.
$73,526 spentof which $73,526 as grants60% of program spendingCity of seattle - health one (seattle fire department's mobile integrated health response unit). Equip seattle firefighters to improve their safety and effectiveness.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants20% of program spendingLast resort fire department - deepen departments connections to the community it serves. The "lrfd" is a non-profit, charitable corporation, dedicated to the acquisition, restoration, preservation and display of classic antique motorized fire apparatus. The rigs can be seen in parades, car and truck shows, fire station dedications, fire prevention exhibits, static displays and other community events.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants8% of program spendingOther program services including seattle college foundation scholarships for firefighters. Deepens departments' connections to the community it serves.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $123,526.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $77k to $221k (+186%).
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.
86% of Seattle Fire Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Steve Elsoe
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $28k → $150k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 Seattle Fire 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
Seattle Fire Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 Seattle Fire Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 54% · 2023 49% — 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
52% of Seattle Fire Foundation's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Seattle Fire Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,082 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,082 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Seattle Fire 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 Seattle Fire 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 Seattle Fire Foundation?
- Seattle Fire Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,267 to it, the largest being GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ($144,507). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Seattle Fire Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $449,267 in grants to Seattle Fire Foundation, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Seattle Fire Foundation?
- GARY SINISE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $144,507 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Seattle Fire Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing