Illinois · Nonprofit
WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473
WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473 (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being THE DICKEY FOUNDATION ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $181k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $218k
What Waukegan Fire Fighters Iaff Local 473 does
Mission
Support waukegan fire dept local 473 mem
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Per capita fee, contributions made to state association for consultation, representation, and lobbying efforts. Contributions to international assoication for the same
$71,691 spent72% of program spendingPublic relations, advertising for local 473 provide assistance to the community through sports sponsorships, christmas gifts for sick children and donations to combat food scarcity
$15,148 spent15% of program spendingLegal and professional fees paid to represent local 473 in contract disputes and grievance issues
$12,057 spent12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $98,896.
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 2023 to 2024, from $262k to $228k (−13%).
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.
0% of WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Against its field
WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473 has grown faster than half of the 1,448 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,448 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473?
- WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473 (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being THE DICKEY FOUNDATION ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473 have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473.
- Who is the largest funder of WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473?
- THE DICKEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WAUKEGAN FIRE FIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 473 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2025), 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