Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $11,259,282
- Total expenses
- $11,600,280
- Contributions and grants received
- $32,790
- Grants paid
- $280,700
- Program service revenue
- $10,479,810
- Investment income
- $781,036
- Other revenue
- -$34,354
- Total assets, end of year
- $21,317,554
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $910,437
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $20,407,117
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- not reported
- Management and general expenses
- not reported
- Fundraising expenses
- not reported
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- not reported
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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$32,790
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2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTOR ASSESSMENTS
total $10,479,810 · related or exempt $10,479,810
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3 · Investment income
total $634,417 · excluded $634,417
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $12,527,310
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $12,380,691
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $146,619
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $146,619 · excluded $146,619
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$10,565
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$32,790
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$46,214
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$35,649 · excluded -$35,649
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$1,295
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $1,295 · excluded $1,295
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $280,700
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11b · Fees: legal
total $96,088
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $80,185
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $591,950
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $119,886
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11g · Fees: other
total $257,475
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,166,229
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13 · Office expenses
total $175,641
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14 · Information technology
total $281,675
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16 · Occupancy
total $351,778
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17 · Travel
total $115,404
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $2,116,125
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $161,367
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23 · Insurance
total $85,980
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24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL PROGRAMS
total $5,244,963
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24b · Other expenses: BURN DEMONSTRATIONS
total $319,999
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24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND TRAINING
total $128,695
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24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $15,663
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,477
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $73,145 · end of year $4,140
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,228,525 · end of year $1,344,422
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,082,353 · end of year $1,022,320
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $34,234 · end of year $96,802
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,094,250
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$530,479
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $528,762 · end of year $563,771
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $15,527,483 · end of year $17,921,676
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $647,696 · end of year $364,423
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $305,036 · end of year $291,250
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $235,072 · end of year $619,187
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $19,582,090 · end of year $20,407,117
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE THROUGH WIDE-SPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF THE FIRE SPRINKLER CONCEPT.
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THE INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND HOSTS 100'S OF "BURN" EVENTS EACH YEAR TO VISUALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE AUDIENCE (IE FIRE PROFESSIONALS, STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE) ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIRE SPRINKLER CONCEPT IN THE PRESERVATION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY.
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THE INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND HOSTS MONTHLY MEETINGS TO BRING TOGETHER ITS MEMBERS AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE LATEST UPDATES TO CODES AND STANDARDS.
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THE INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND PROVIDES TRAINING TO ITS MEMBERS ON THE LATEST UPDATES TO CODES AND STANDARDS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS INCLUDING CLASSROOM TRAINING, ONLINE TRAINING AND CHAT EOD (EXPERT OF THE DAY) TOOL.
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Shane RaySHANE RAY
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $505,578
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $464,739
- Other
- $40,839
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $413,919 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $50,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $820 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $28,949 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $11,890 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $505,578 related
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Joshua I SavitzJOSHUA I SAVITZ
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $232,983
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $213,372
- Other
- $19,611
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $198,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $15,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $372 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $18,040 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $1,571 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $232,983 related
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Lawrence GunnellsLAWRENCE GUNNELLS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $212,332
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $176,966
- Other
- $35,366
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $156,900 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $20,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $66 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $14,800 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $20,566 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $212,332 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- MEMBERS OF NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY PROMOTION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE COMPENSATED BY A RELATED PARTY, NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION ("NFSA"), INC. THE FOLLOWING IS NFSA'S COMPENSATION POLICY: THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND SUGGESTS COMPENSATION FOR TOP MANAGEMENT AND OTHER OFFICERS BY REVIEWING COMPARABLE DATA OF OTHER SIMILAR ENTITIES. THESE COMPENSATION SUGGESTIONS ARE THEN SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND IS DOCUMENTED IN THE BOARD MINUTES. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST DONE IN DECEMBER 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
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$100,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL SUPPORT
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$50,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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RAM FIRE PROTECTION INC
$10,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL SUPPORT
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$10,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$5,700
GENERAL SUPPORT
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.
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NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION INC
501(C)(6) · PROMOTE, DEFEND, & IMPROVE THE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY · DE
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NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC
501(C)(3) · TO HONOR, EDUCATE, RESEARCH AND ADVANCE THE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY. · MD
Directly controlled by NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION INC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 8 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202642519349301514
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