California · Nonprofit
UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE
UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,774,433 to it, the largest being FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC ($2,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $864k
What United States Megafire Response does
Mission
To build a team of fire practitioners policy makers entrepreneurs and activists to solve the megafire crisis in the united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Policy advancement: research, formulation and partners collaboration to influence comprehensive and sound wildfire policy. Megafire action participated in weekly/monthly convenings with influential partners in the space to build policy foundations for the wildfire intel center, workforce concern, accountabilty metrics and public health impacts (prescibed fire vs. Catastrophic fire).
$406,376 spent63% of program spendingIndustry association: built the foundation for an industry association to partner on usmr's goal of supercharging technology to build resilient landscapes and communities.
$102,717 spent16% of program spendingCommunications & marketing: established framework to bolster the megafire action brand; continued work on press strategies, educational content & blogs, and op-ed writing opportunities. Engaged publicist, web development and brand consultants to refine our pitch and expand beyond prescribed fire to total landscape mitigation and community resilience. Targeted writings to consider single agency for workforce concern.
$136,080 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $645,173.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $408k to $754k (+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.
100% of UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Gabriel Kleinman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $474k → $2.0M.
From the IRS filings of UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE’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
UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 84% · 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
100% of UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE: 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 UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE?
- UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,774,433 to it, the largest being FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC ($2,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,774,433 in grants to UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE?
- FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 4 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