Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$14,349,237

Total expenses

$10,028,962

Contributions and grants received

$11,953,978

Grants paid

$8,333,192

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,949,862

Other revenue

$445,397

Total assets, end of year

$22,217,097

Total liabilities, end of year

$848,670

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,368,427

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$8,884,815

Management and general expenses

$428,582

Fundraising expenses

$715,565

Program service expenses (Part III)

$8,884,815

Program services were 88.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Lifesaving Equipment Donations: Equipment donations impact millions of first responders and public safety organizations across the country. The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation's reach continues to grow. In 2023, 336 public safety organizations were awarded grants and since inception the foundation has impacted 6,134 organizations in 50 states and Puerto Rico. Many public safety organizations now have the critical lifesaving equipment needed to respond to emergency situations. These tools can be, and have been the difference between successful or fatal outcomes.

  Expenses $8,066,021 · Grants $7,662,712

• Disaster Relief: The ability to react swiftly to natural and/or man-made disasters has been an area of growth in funding for the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. With a network of Firehouse Subs restaurants throughout the country, the foundation is able to support immediate disaster relief by using countless resources for food preparation and delivery. Since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic the disaster releif terspnse expanded to include feeding frontline workers who dedicate themselves tirelessly at emergency departments and hospitals. Since inception the foundation has provided 774 disaster relief awarded grants. The restaurants also offer a location for fundraising which helps with the purchase of critical equipment for first responders, better preparing them for future events. From victims, volunteers, first responders and other nonprofit organizations, the Foundation is able to positively impact lifesaving capabilities and collaborate with like organizations at the scene and beyond. The Foundation has been able to provide more than three million dollars in disaster relief.

  Expenses $510,111 · Grants $461,481

• U.S. Military: 2014 saw the establishment and facilitation of our military guideline. Veterans from all military branches, injured in the line of duty, have the opportunity to request and receive adaptive tools and equipment as well as mental health services to enhance their quality of life. Additional support includes collaborations with other military nonprofits, such as Wounded Warrior Project, K9s for Warriors & the Independence Fund, allowing the foundation to partner with like organizations, increasing the scope of our impact. Scholarships and Continued Education: It takes a special type of individual to choose to be a first responder. The foundation provides financial resources for these men and women pursuing a career path in public safety. These men and women put their life on the line everyday to protect others. The foundation partners with accredited schools on scholarship programs for individuals pursuing a career in the public safety sector as well as partnering with scholarship programs that will help advance first responder's careers.

  Expenses $166,993 · Grants $130,640

• Prevention and Education: Prevention education allows first responders and public safety organizations to raise awareness and offer educational opportunities in an effort to help their community better understand how to prevent tragedies. Fire extinguisher training, preventative education on the dangers and causes of carbon monoxide poisoning and damaging home fires empower members of the community to be better prepared, recognizing the potential for a dangerous situation to occur and having the ability to minimize the hazard.

  Expenses $141,690 · Grants $78,359

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• Annandale Volunteer Fire Department Inc

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Bayou Cane Fire Protection District on behalf of Bayou Cane Fire Department

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Beck Jerkins LLC

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Bienville Parish Ward 4 & 5 Fire Protection District & Emergency Medical Se rvice

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Billings Fire Protection District

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Billingsley Volunteer Fire Department

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Board of County Commissioners Suwannee County on behalf of Suwannee County Fire Rescue

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Board of Harbor Commissioners for Portland Harbor

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

• Borough of Bellevue on behalf of Bellevue Borough Fire Department

  — no cash amount reported

  Operational Support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202423199349319407

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