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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$340,835
Total expenses
$414,359
Contributions and grants received
$328,437
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14,258
Other revenue
-$1,860
Total assets, end of year
$3,718,622
Total liabilities, end of year
$320,427
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,398,195
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$252,155
Management and general expenses
$118,057
Fundraising expenses
$44,147
Program service expenses (Part III)
$252,155

Program services were 60.9% 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

    $328,437

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,258 · related or exempt $14,258

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $23,100

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $29,003

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$5,903

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$5,903 · excluded -$5,903

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $565,855

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $566,597

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total -$742 · excluded -$742

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,979 · related or exempt $2,979

  • 11b · Other revenue: COST SHARING REVENUE

    total $1,806 · related or exempt $1,806

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,785

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $34,173 · management and general $34,173

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $196,887 · program services $156,230 · management and general $24,279 · fundraising $16,378

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,595 · program services $4,143 · management and general $3,026 · fundraising $426

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,822 · program services $13,478 · management and general $4,956 · fundraising $1,388

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,327 · program services $1,240 · management and general $970 · fundraising $117

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,345 · management and general $12,345

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,468 · management and general $2,468

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,023 · program services $154 · management and general $869

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,399 · program services $4,904 · management and general $3,965 · fundraising $15,530

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,384 · management and general $20,384

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,197 · program services $2,961 · management and general $2,962 · fundraising $5,274

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,393 · program services $12,954 · fundraising $1,439

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,200 · program services $2,200

  • 20 · Interest

    total $478 · program services $239 · management and general $239

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,244 · program services $1,788 · management and general $894 · fundraising $1,562

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,795 · management and general $9,795

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS/PROGRAM FULFILL

    total $71,255 · program services $71,255

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUTO

    total $1,139 · program services $569 · management and general $570

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $145 · program services $131 · fundraising $14

  • 24d · Other expenses: STATE FILING FEES

    total $135 · program services $108 · management and general $14 · fundraising $13

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$22,045 · program services -$20,199 · management and general -$3,852 · fundraising $2,006

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $94,238 · program services $84,814 · fundraising $9,424

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $279,742 · end of year $219,730

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $78,148 · end of year $78,034

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,199 · end of year $10,161

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $900,802 · end of year $870,397

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $637,981 · end of year $611,576

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,257 · end of year $64,176

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,104,124

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,391,188

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $720,345 · end of year $712,936

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $993,044 · end of year $1,004,210

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $150,135 · end of year $144,902

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $170,740 · end of year $153,141

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $14,553

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,633 · end of year $3,932

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $153,562 · end of year $148,801

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,472,218 · end of year $3,398,195

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION AT NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. (NFSC) IS TO PREVENT NEEDLESS ACCIDENTS AND TO HELP SAVE LIVES BY PROVIDING LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS WITH MEANINGFUL FIRE AND BURN PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS. NFSC LEADS THE INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE U.S. OVER 4 MILLION PIECES OF SAFETY MATERIAL ANNUALLY, MANY OF WHICH FEATURE OUR CHILD-FIRENDLY AND NON-THREATENING MASCOT, FIREPUP. THE COUNCIL IS PROUD TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A FIRE SERVICE PARTNER SINCE 1979.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL IS THE LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF COMPREHENSIVE FIRE AND BURN PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY MATERIALS IN THE U.S., DISTRIBUTING OVER 4 MILLION PIECES OF SAFETY MATERIAL ANNUALLY.

  • NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. (NFSC) PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN 33 STATES THAT REACHED OVER 1 MILLION SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS. THE COUNCIL DEVELOPS AND PUBLISHES FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROMOTES EDUCATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOCAL FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $252,155

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Conway

    SAFETY COUNS

    Total calculated
    $199,175
    From this org
    $189,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,899
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,201
    Bonus
    $75
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,899
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $199,175

  • Harley J Kaufman

    PRESIDENT/DI

    Total calculated
    $181,140
    From this org
    $86,285
    From related orgs
    $86,387
    Other
    $8,468
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $82,748 + $82,750 related
    Bonus
    $3,537 + $3,637 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,282 + $4,186 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $90,567 + $90,573 related

  • Elizabeth Petrie

    SAFETY COUNS

    Total calculated
    $135,190
    From this org
    $83,437
    From related orgs
    $46,094
    Other
    $5,659
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

  • Dorothy Eubank

    SAFETY COUNS

    Total calculated
    $128,314
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,066
    Other
    $4,248
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

  • Charles Bricker

    SAFETY COUNS

    Total calculated
    $128,120
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,046
    Other
    $4,074
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

  • Richard Dye

    SAFETY COUNS

    Total calculated
    $121,612
    From this org
    $116,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,513
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diane M Nelson

    DIR./SEC./TR

    Total calculated
    $103,859
    From this org
    $85,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,907
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

  • W Thomas Haynes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Jeffrey Kinney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Jim Vance

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Bradley Johncox

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 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

None.

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
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related 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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHILD SAFETY OF AMERICA INC

    SAFETY · DE

  • UNITED STATES FIRE SAFETY SERVICES

    SAFETY · DE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503219349327410

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