Florida · Nonprofit
THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC
THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,157 to it, the largest being WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ($175,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $847k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $375k
- Net assets
- $158k
What The Fire Watch Project Inc does
Mission
The mission of the fire watch project, inc. Is to end veteran suicide in florida and across the united states by partnering with local and state governments, corporations, and other non-profit organizations to develop "ground up" community-led programs in their respective geographic areas. The cornerstone program is the watch stander program, which trains members of the community to recognize the signs of veterans in crisis and to direct them to the care and resources they need. The fire watch also collects veteran suicide data to track its effectiveness and inform the future growth of watch stander program. That data is available at www.thefirewatch.org.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our primary veteran suicide prevention innovation is the watch stander program. It was launched in may 2020 and is an upstream, on-line and in- person, early intervention network of community volunteers trained to identify risk factors of veterans in crisis and to direct those veterans to the resources they require, including the 988, 211, and 844-myflvet. Modeled after cpr, our watch stander program is the first of its kind in the country. It is free and takes just 45 minutes. As of december 31, 2025, we have trained 10,653 watch standers, who, together, will refer more than 12,700 veteran to life-saving services over the next 12 months. Our goal is to have a watch stander network of 30,000 strong by the end of 2030.
$674,592 spent82% of program spendingThe fire watch, isf inc., and livingworks education inc. Were together awarded a contract in 2025 by the florida department of health to provide advanced veteran suicide prevention training to county health departments across the state. Four in-person training sessions were held from february through june 2025.
$148,718 spent18% of program spendingThe fire watch collects veteran suicide data each year which it uses to guide the growth of its watch stander network and other veteran suicide prevention programs. Data is collected for each of florida's 67 counties, sortable by age, race, gender, and means of death. This data is presented in dashboard form on our website. This allows other veteran-serving organizations across the state, including the florida department of veterans' affairs (fdva), to use the data to focus their services on those florida veterans most at risk.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $823,310.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $137k to $253k (+85%).
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: 2022 23% · 2023 5% · 2024 5% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Michael P Fleming
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $133k → $38k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT 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
THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 75% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
87% of THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k 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
THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT 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 THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC?
- THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,157 to it, the largest being WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ($175,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $375,157 in grants to THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC?
- WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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