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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SFPE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$573,895
Total expenses
$595,321
Contributions and grants received
$409,798
Grants paid
$192,264
Program service revenue
$147,841
Investment income
$16,256
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,030,656
Total liabilities, end of year
$169,046
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$861,610
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$427,447
Management and general expenses
$167,874
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$427,447

Program services were 71.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $409,798

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Event registrations an

    total $78,000 · related or exempt $78,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Contract income

    total $69,841 · related or exempt $69,841

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,256 · excluded $16,256

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $109,414 · program services $109,414

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,000 · program services $19,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $63,850 · program services $63,850

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $235,183 · program services $235,183

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,230 · management and general $4,230

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,077 · management and general $14,077

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,483 · management and general $16,483

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,774 · management and general $3,774

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,000 · management and general $4,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,252 · management and general $5,252

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,507 · management and general $42,507

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $54,262 · management and general $54,262

  • 24a · Other expenses: Technology license fees

    total $7,881 · management and general $7,881

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bad debt expense

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank fees

    total $3,828 · management and general $3,828

  • 24d · Other expenses: Photocopying and printi

    total $3,686 · management and general $3,686

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,894 · management and general $2,894

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,444 · end of year $133,881

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $137,461 · end of year $117,161

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,250 · end of year $11,750

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $580,861 · end of year $653,699

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $109,379 · end of year $114,165

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $66,396 · end of year $20,584

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $5,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $64,104 · end of year $143,462

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $539,048 · end of year $453,923

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $278,847 · end of year $407,687

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To enhance the scientific understanding of fire and its interaction with the social, natural, and built environments. Research grants are awarded to students, faculty, universities, and companies. The Foundation also distributes professional awards, competitive scholarships, and develops educational content.

  • Research grants were awarded to students, universities, and consultants to advance the science and practice of fire protection engineering; educational content was delivered through in-person conferences and trainings, as well as online.

    Expenses $427,447 · Grants $192,264 · Revenue $147,841

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Senez

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Virginia R Charter

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Kuligowski

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $1,500
    From this org
    $1,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria B Marks

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shamim Rashid-Sumar

    Governor until 4/30

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noah Ryder

    Governor until 4/30

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonard J Ramo

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Scott

    Secretary-Treasurer 9/9

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Manuel R Silva Jr

    Governor until 4/30

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Jelenewicz

    Secretary until 9/9

    Total calculated
    $232,767
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $198,601
    Other
    $34,166
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $198,601 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,189 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,977 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $232,767 related
  • Ann E Jeffers

    Governor until 4/30

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Kerber

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris LaFleur

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Donohue

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Cutting

    Governor beginning 5/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Hodges

    Governor beginning 5/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Xinyan Huang

    Governor beginning 5/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Friday

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lainey Liotta

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret McNamee

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Klein

    Governor beginning 5/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Marshall

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $138,429
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,594
    Other
    $7,835
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 5
The Chief Executive Officer of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers also serves as the Secretary of the Foundation until September 9, 2025. The Foundation's bylaws were amended to have the Foundation Treasurer server as Secretary/Treasurer effective September 9, 2025.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Halliwell Engineering Associates LLC

    $33,482

    SFPE WUI Advanced Cirriculum Development: "Advanced Training Topics in WUI Fire Risk Assessment & Mitigation"

  • Code Red Consultants LLC

    $31,565

    Research Project: "Engineering Risk Consultant for FEMA-Funded WUI Project - Beyond Parcel-Level Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Engaging Fire Service & Community Stakeholders"

  • Engineered Fire Systems Inc

    $26,867

    Research Project: "Engineering Risk Consultant for FEMA-Funded WUI Project - Beyond Parcel-Level Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Engaging Fire Service & Community Stakeholders"

  • Jensen Hughes

    $17,500

    Research Project: "Engineering Risk Consultant for FEMA-Funded WUI Project - Beyond Parcel-Level Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Engaging Fire Service & Community Stakeholders"

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632589349300318

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