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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SFPE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$359,050
Total expenses
$439,776
Contributions and grants received
$344,935
Grants paid
$247,601
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14,115
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$914,489
Total liabilities, end of year
$141,617
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$772,872
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$386,011
Management and general expenses
$53,765
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$386,011

Program services were 87.8% 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

    $344,935

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,115 · excluded $14,115

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $144,100 · program services $144,100

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,800 · program services $13,800

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $89,701 · program services $89,701

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $138,410 · program services $138,410

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,581 · management and general $10,581

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,411 · management and general $3,411

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,500 · management and general $6,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $632 · management and general $632

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25,199 · management and general $25,199

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,326 · management and general $5,326

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank fees

    total $1,868 · management and general $1,868

  • 24b · Other expenses: Photocopying

    total $248 · management and general $248

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $169,015 · end of year $201,610

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $71,350 · end of year $30,698

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $511,365 · end of year $575,520

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $104,154 · end of year $106,661

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $60,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,244 · end of year $81,617

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $516,766 · end of year $489,266

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $264,874 · end of year $283,606

Mission and programs · 2023

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 and competitive scholarships.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • Research grants are awarded to students, universities, and consultants to advance the science of fire protection engineering.

    Expenses $386,011 · Grants $247,601

As filed on the 2023 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

  • Nicole Testa Boston

    Secretary until 4/23

    Total calculated
    $184,906
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $174,088
    Other
    $10,818
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $174,088 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,634 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,184 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $184,906 related

  • Virginia R Charter

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Kuligowski

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria B Marks

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shamim Rashid-Sumar

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noah Ryder

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonard J Ramo

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Scott

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Manuel R Silva Jr

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Jelenewicz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $192,741
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $169,788
    Other
    $22,953
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $169,788 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,154 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,799 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $192,741 related

  • Ann E Jeffers

    Governor

    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

  • Bryan Klein

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Casey C Grant

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Biller

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kerry M Bell

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Talbert

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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

  • Frederick Community College

    $64,600

    Emergency management and public safety

  • Code Red Consultants LLC

    $49,500

    Research Project: "BIM Integration Research Project"

  • FireTox LLC

    $30,000

    Research Project: "Environmental and Health Impacts of Thermal Runaway Events in Outdoor Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage System Installations"

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
2023
Filed
7 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402859349301300

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