- Revenue 2024
- $1,382,514
- Expenses 2024
- $1,684,936
Program services were 75.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- X20
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 20 W 9TH ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To champion the inclusion of students with disabilities in Catholic schools by providing educational resources, fundraising and promoting a culture of belonging.
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For the 2024-25 academic year, FIRE provided financial grants to 15 Catholic schools, located within the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph totaling over $735,000 so that children with special needs can be educated alongside peers, in their home parish schools or Diocesan high school. These grants assist with the costs of salaries for special education teachers, para-educators as well as resources, technology, and professional development for educators.
Expenses $863,401 · Grants $747,000
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FIRE continued providing Speech-Language Therapy services at partner schools. During 2024-25, 9 schools received speech and language services, and 8 schools received occupational therapy services. Students at these schools were able to receive school-based therapy services rather than leaving the school to receive services elsewhere. Evaluations from educators and families were highly favorable.
Expenses $121,323 · Grants $103,415
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FIRE Foundation continued its role as an advocate for inclusive Catholic education by lending expertise to other school communities endeavoring to welcome students with special needs. FIRE Foundation continued to work with individuals and groups across the country, sharing our model of inclusion support and advocacy. FIRE is now guiding the development and growth of the following affiliates: FIRE Foundation of Northwest Iowa FIRE Foundation of New Hampshire FIRE Foundation of Central Illinois FIRE Foundation of Dallas FIRE Foundation of NE Florida FIRE Foundation of Northern Kentucky FIRE Foundation of Northeast Iowa FIRE Foundation of Milwaukee and FIRE Foundation of Denver FIRE Foundation of Wichita FIRE Foundation of Sacramento
Expenses $257,014 · Grants $239,106 · Revenue $27,000
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FIRE held its Biannual Inclusion in Action Conference which is designed for Catholic school professionals and community members who desire to welcome and support children and students with disabilities and learning differences, for those considering inclusive education opportunities in their school for the very first time or for those seeking new information to strengthen and expand an existing inclusion program. This conference provides valuable information to teachers, administrators, parents, and community members interested in inclusion.
Expenses $26,862 · Revenue $104,401
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Lynn Hire
Executive Director (6/2024-2/2025)
- Total calculated
- $88,613
- From this org
- $88,613
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Erin Neuburger
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jim Still
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Gretchen Vosburgh
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Brian Madden
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Karl Barron
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Katheigh Degen
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Chris Gaughan
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Buffy Gunter
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Maribeth Joyce
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Sally Kammerer
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Marie Kissick
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Dr Karen Kroh
Board Member - Ex Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Mary Madden
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Mark Rieger
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Courtney Root
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Jenny Stasi
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Sean Switzer
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Mark Ungashick
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Peggy Van Dyke
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Ryan Van Dyke
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Maureen Whittaker
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.3
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Molly Fisher
Executive Director (1/2025-6/2025)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,382,514
- Expenses
- $1,684,936
- Contributions
- $1,130,422
- Grants paid
- $1,089,521
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,303,583
- Expenses
- $1,431,186
- Contributions
- $1,073,288
- Grants paid
- $926,463
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,297,196
- Expenses
- $1,234,203
- Contributions
- $2,201,744
- Grants paid
- $792,310
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,156,613
- Expenses
- $1,046,238
- Assets (EOY)
- $780,483
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,085,052
- Expenses
- $914,310
- Assets (EOY)
- $765,852
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $840,259
- Expenses
- $793,943
- Assets (EOY)
- $562,710
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $723,020
- Expenses
- $765,499
- Assets (EOY)
- $460,634
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $677,098
- Expenses
- $641,677
- Assets (EOY)
- $490,620
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $691,785
- Expenses
- $640,150
- Assets (EOY)
- $451,358
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $619,361
- Expenses
- $493,063
- Assets (EOY)
- $396,293
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $487,316
- Expenses
- $463,804
- Assets (EOY)
- $278,442
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $417,758
- Expenses
- $406,895
- Assets (EOY)
- $318,173
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $305,910
- Assets (EOY)
- $227,817
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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Speech & Language Solutions LLC
$103,415
2024 Covering Speech and Occupational therapy for students with special needs in participating schools
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St Michael the Archangel
$80,001
2022 To support inclusive education for children with special needs.
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St Elizabeth Elementary School
$72,000
2024 To support inclusive education for children with special needs
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St Michael the Archangel
$70,000
2024 To support inclusive education for children with special needs
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Our Lady of the Presentation
$68,001
2022 To support inclusive education for children with special needs.
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St Michael the Archangel
$67,998
2023 To support inclusive education for children with special needs.
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St Peter's School
$67,000
2024 To support inclusive education for children with special needs
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St Therese School
$67,000
2024 To support inclusive education for children with special needs
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St Therese School
$66,998
2023 To support inclusive education for children with special needs.
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St Elizabeth Elementary School
$64,998
2023 To support inclusive education for children with special needs.
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2024 Education
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$50,000
2023 HELPS SCHOOLS CREATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LEARN.
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$50,000
2024 GENERAL DONATION
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$50,000
2025 PARTIAL DONATION
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$50,000
2022 HELPS SCHOOLS CREATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LEARN.
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$10,000
2023 RELIGION RELATED
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$8,500
2024 RELIGION
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$7,000
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.