EIN 52-1832634

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
34
Year formed
1993
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation aims to honor and remember America's fallen fire heroes, provide resources for their families to rebuild their lives, and reduce firefighter deaths and injuries through fire service programs. The foundation provides family programs that offer support to fallen firefighter survivors, including an online hub called "nfff connect" that serves as a community during the pandemic. In addition, the foundation's fire service programs promote the integration of firefighting safety initiatives to prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries.
Total revenues
$9,134,986
2022
Total expenses
$8,971,529
2022
Total assets
$12,248,269
2022
Num. employees
34
2022

Program areas at National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Family programs - provide support to Fallen firefighter survivors (fire hero family members) to assist them in rebuilding their lives. Peer support groups meet weekly. The 90-minute session enable fire hero family members to meet informally with other families to share their stories, struggles, and ideas on coping with grief. Professionally facilitated support groups are held each week through zoom. Licensed psychologist provide counseling to family members struggling with grief. Monthly virtual sessions fosters conversations between families to help build local connections, share information, and find resources closer to home. Men forging ahead provides grieving fathers, sons, spouses and life partners a place to discuss their shared experiences in grief and support one another. A monthly remembrance support group is held for families whose firefighter died during that month to help support family members around the anniversary of their Firefighters' death, fire hero family support network members provide peer support to newly bereaved families. Families were carefully matched with network members. There were 356 network members who sent 4,630 remembrance cards to families on the anniversary of their loved one's death. The Foundation published six issues of the journey featuring articles written by family members that provide survivor-to-survivor support after experiencing the loss of a firefighter in the line-of-duty. Each issue was sent to more than 3,500 survivors and posted on the Foundation's website. Scholarships are awared to spouses, life partners, children, and stepchildren, enabling them to pursue their educational and career goals. 41 scholarships were awarded in 2022.held two virtual bereavement camps to help children ages 4-6 cope with the loss of a parent. 17 children participated in the virtual camp hal programs. Camp provides children an opportunity to connect with other children and gain tools to cope with their grief. A weekend bereavement camp was held in Colorado springs, Colorado for children ages 4-17. 55 children attended. While children were at camp, parents attended sessions providing information on how to help their children through the grief process. A fire hero family wellness conference was held in rochester, ny. Workshops focused on proactive approaches that can be employed to navigate the grieving process and build resilience in the face of overwhelming grief.hosted the first men's retreat for men in the fire hero family community (husbands, life partners, fathers/stepfathers, sons/stepsons, brothers/stepbrothers) in estes park, co. 21 men participated. The retreat focused on the ways grief can manifest and evolve and provided tips on how to support yourself and family members experiencing different grief reactions. For children of Fallen firefighers ages 18-25 a young adults retreat was held in estes park, Colorado. Grief calls for a reorientation of self; 15 attendees learned physical and mental orientation practices to use in their daily lives and how to intergrate the loss in a way that honors their firefighter parent and paves a way for them to move forward.
Memorial weekend a National tribute to all Firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. In may, the Foundation hosted the official National tribute to america's heroes honoring 148 Firefighters. 108 who died in 2021 and 40 from previous years. The nfff provided lodging, meals, and travel assistance to families. 704 fire hero families attended the memorial weekend. Grief and other counseling sessions were provided for 349 family survivors. 462 honor guard units and 230 fire service family escorts from across the country participated in honoring their Fallen brothers and sisters. 126 family survivors from previous years returned to assist with new family registration and new family day activities. More than 5,500 attended the National memorial service. The memorial services were live streamed and broadcast over the internet.
Fire service programs - the 16 firefighter life safety initiatives are the cornerstone of the nfff's programming aimed at reducing preventable line-of-duty deaths and injuries in the fire service community. The programs generated from the initiatives promote the integration of health and safety into the policies, procedures, and culture of the nation's career, volunteer, combination and wildland Firefighters. The efforts are aimed at addressing the root causes of firefighter fatalities and injuries. Through the initiatives, the nfff develops health and wellness programs, life safety training and officer development to further promote a more safety conscious fire officer. These programs are delivered at no- or low-cost via the nfff's online fire hero training network and/or the nfff avocates program. Additionally, there are specific initiatives that advance community risk reduction efforts to increase safety for Firefighters through reducing the number and intensity of fires; supports associated research and pilot projects; and advocates for improved standards for training, protective equipment, and behavioral and physical health programs, particularly those addressing occupational diseases and the adverse effects of stress. The nfff also provides programming that assists fire departments to both prepare for and respond to the line-of-duty death of one of their members. "taking care of our own" trains officers in pre-incident planning, survivor notification, family, fire chief, incident commander, company officer and co-worker support, and benefits and resources available to families and co-workers. Local assistance state teams are mobilized upon request to offer both immediate and longer-term logistical, administrative, and emotional support to fire service organizations that have experienced the line-of-duty death of one of their members. These trained teams, located in almost every state, also provide assistance to surviving family members in applying for public safety officers' benefits.

Grants made by National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
First Responder Center for Excellence for Reducing Occupational Illness InjurGeneral Operations$187,064
FDNY FoundationCounseling Services Unit Funding$92,064
FDNY FoundationFdny 2022 Safety Week$50,000
...and 3 more grants made

Who funds National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Motorola Solutions FoundationGeneral Operating Support$320,000
National Philanthropic TrustHuman Services$40,500
American Online Giving FoundationGeneral Support$30,834
...and 39 more grants received totalling $563,468

Personnel at National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

NameTitleCompensation
Victor StagnaroChief Executive Officer$156,861
Charles JasterChief Financial Officer$149,894
Frank LeebManaging Director , First Responder Center for Excellence
Gary KrichbaumManaging Director
Ronald SiarnickiExecutive Director and Interim$262,001
...and 13 more key personnel

Financials for National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$8,272,324
Program services$507,493
Investment income and dividends$444,466
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$88,152
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-13,498
Net income from fundraising events$-265,165
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$76,104
Miscellaneous revenues$25,110
Total revenues$9,134,986

Form 990s for National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-13990View PDF
2021-122022-10-31990View PDF
2020-122021-10-22990View PDF
2019-122021-02-19990View PDF
2018-122020-09-18990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s
Data update history
October 20, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
August 25, 2024
Received grants
Identified 10 new grant, including a grant for $320,000 from Motorola Solutions Foundation
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 10 new grant, including a grant for $20,000 from UL Research Institutes (UL)
December 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 24, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPublic safety organizationsEMS, fire, and rescue squadsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human servicesPublic safety
Characteristics
LobbyingFundraising eventsNational levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
16825 S Seton Ave
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
Frederick County, MD
Website URL
firehero.org/ 
Phone
(301) 447-1370
Facebook page
NationalFallenFirefightersFoundation 
Twitter profile
@nfff_news 
IRS details
EIN
52-1832634
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1993
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
M24: Fire Prevention, Protection, Control
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Central organization
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current - Awaiting Reporting
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
116128
FTB Entity ID
2416799
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2024-11-06
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