Washington · Nonprofit
Seattle's Bravest Charity
Seattle's Bravest Charity (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,529 to it, the largest being PUGET SOUND ENERGY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $650k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Seattle's Bravest Charity does
Mission
We support our firefighter community and the general community. Our Catastrophic Fund assists firefighters injured on the job. We provide assistance to victims of fire by donating clothing and similar goods to families and children in need. We administer a Scholarship Fund, our Honor Guard, Pipes Drums Corp and provide Chaplancy Services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Marion K. Hoefner Scholarship Fund - Scholarships awarded to thirty-nine children or grand-children of active or retired Seattle Fire Fighters
$38,306 spentof which $28,300 as grants$369,153 earned by the program24% of program spendingDirect support to the public as the result of fire and/or other catastrophy, including support to fire fighters and their families as a result of death or disabilities
$86,345 spentof which $85,337 as grants$44,386 earned by the program54% of program spendingSeattle Firefighters Pipes and Drum and Honor Guard - providing training costs Corp and Honor Guard attendance at memorial services transportation to memorials within the Nationwide firefighter community
$30,385 spent$40,140 earned by the program19% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 1,195, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 21,464 The Dave Jacobs Fund provides additional support to members and families of Seattle Firefighters Program Service Expenses 2,523, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 1,010 We support the Seattle Fire Departments Chaplaincy program which responds quickly to the scene of an emergency. Chaplains are notified when there are significant injuries to civilians or firefighters, fatalities, significant events, high stress incidents and other requests for counseling. The independent Chaplaincy program was consolidated with and its assets contributed to Seattles Bravest Charity in order to be administered by us.. Program Service Expenses 2,203, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 44,386 We provide a Catastophic Reserve for our members should they have insufficient funds to meet their requirements should they be injured or incapacitated
$5,921 spent$66,860 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $160,957.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.9M to $2.4M (+24%).
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.
23% of Seattle's Bravest Charity’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $511.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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's Bravest Charity’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's Bravest Charity leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
Seattle's Bravest Charity draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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's Bravest Charity runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Seattle's Bravest Charity
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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's Bravest Charity: 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's Bravest Charity?
- Seattle's Bravest Charity (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,529 to it, the largest being PUGET SOUND ENERGY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Seattle's Bravest Charity have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $32,529 in grants to Seattle's Bravest Charity, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Seattle's Bravest Charity?
- PUGET SOUND ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Seattle's Bravest Charity 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing