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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM AND SURVIVE ALIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$109,397
Total expenses
$123,015
Contributions and grants received
$106,178
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,219
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,206,914
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,206,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$113,710
Management and general expenses
$9,305
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$113,710

Program services were 92.4% 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

    $106,178

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,219 · excluded $3,219

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,044 · management and general $5,044

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $42,614 · program services $38,353 · management and general $4,261

  • 24a · Other expenses: SURVIVE ALIVE EXPENSE

    total $53,109 · program services $53,109

  • 24b · Other expenses: FFMSA OPEN HOUSE

    total $22,248 · program services $22,248

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $80,908 · end of year $69,266

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $282,388 · end of year $292,313

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

    $1,912,141

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

    $1,084,181

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $839,861 · end of year $827,960

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,375 · end of year $17,375

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,220,532 · end of year $1,206,914

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION AND A MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA FIRE SERVICES TO THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO A MUSEUM TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORY OF THE FIRE SERVICE IN CENTRAL INDIANA, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDIANAPOLIS COMMUNITY, AND HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ALSO, TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND FIRE SAFETY PROGRAMS TO CHILDREN THROUGH THE SURVIVE ALIVE SAFETY PROGRAM.

  • PROVIDED EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AND IMMIGRANTS REGARDING FIRE SAFETY AND HOW TO REDUCE FIRE-RELATED DEATHS BY HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING. IN 2025, WE SERVED 1,200 STUDENTS AND IMMIGRANTS.

    Expenses $53,109

  • OPERATED MUSEUM TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND IMPACT THAT THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ON THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. AN ESTIMATED 700 PEOPLE VISITED THE MUSEUM IN 2025.

    Expenses $60,601

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Whiteley

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $49,466
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $49,466
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 30 related

  • Ron Kautsky

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $46,498
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $46,498
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 16 related

  • Paul Cloyd

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $44,520
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $44,520
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 16 related

  • Larry Sayre

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $39,573
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $39,573
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 16 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202621699349300422

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