Maryland · Nonprofit
THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC
THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,124 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($53,124). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What The Maryland State Firefighters Assoc Inc does
Mission
To serve, promote, adovacte and represent the interests of the volunteer fire, rescue and emergency medical services of maryland.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and Training. The MSFA offers relevant and needed educational opportunities and training programs to the 358 volunteer fire departments throughout the State of Maryland and their individual members. The Annual Conference and Convention provides classroom experiences and hands-on training opportunities. Continuing education credits are provided. MSFA provides many member benefits to help with volunteer recruitment and retention, from grant-funded tuition assistance, to training, to educational seminars and conferences. MSFA collects and shares data regarding membership, recruitment and retention, training equipment usage and other information to have an impact on all levels of government as it relates to the services our members provide. MSFA develops, produces and distributes written and media materials that emphasize fire and injury prevention messages in local communities and statewide.
$1,616,024 spentof which $65,000 as grants$302,642 earned by the program80% of program spendingLadies Auxiliary of the MSFAs Bessie Marshall Fund. The Bessie Marshall Fund supports firefighters who become ill, outside of the line-of-duty, to assist with their expenses to pay medical bills, maintain their home, and pay household bills. The fund is available to all volunteer firefighters in the State of Maryland.
$43,550 spentof which $29,656 as grants2% of program spendingState of Maryland Relief Fund - administers several benefit programs for firefighters and their families in the State of Maryland, including: Death benefits for volunteer firefighters, rescue squad personnel, or ambulance personnel killed in the line of duty; benefits for disabled firefighters, rescue squad personnel, or ambulance personnel injured in the line of duty; benefits for widows and dependent children; education for dependent children of permanently disabled or deceased volunteers whose disability or death has been caused while performing his or her duties as a volunteer firefighter, rescue squad or ambulance personnel.
$365,312 spentof which $365,312 as grants18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,024,886.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.0M to $3.6M (+19%).
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: 2017 68% · 2018 72% · 2019 72% · 2020 71% · 2021 79% · 2022 66% · 2023 75% · 2024 75% · 2025 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Kathleen Loveless
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $53k 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 MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$2.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC 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 MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC?
- THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,124 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($53,124). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $53,124 in grants to THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC?
- BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $53,124 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 1 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