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FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 20-3588745 JACKSONVILLE, FL

Revenue 2025
$15,776,992
Expenses 2025
$11,032,385

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
M192
Classification
1000
Street
4600 TOUCHTON RD E STE 1300

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 · 2025

Mission

FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIFE-SAVING CAPABILITIES AND THE LIVES OF LOCAL HEROES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPACT THE LIFESAVING CAPABILITIES OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS BY PROVIDING EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES.

  • 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 2025, 390 PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS WERE AWARDED GRANTS, AND SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUPPORTED 7,014 ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL 50 STATES AND PUERTO RICO. MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS NOW HAVE THE CRITICAL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THESE TOOLS HAVE HELPED ORGANIZATIONS RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVED OUTCOMES DURING EMERGENCIES. SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF APPROVED GRANTS IN 2025; 424 SETS OF BUNKER GEAR, 187 THERMAL IMAGINING CAMERAS, 476 AEDS, 21 RESCUE BOATS AND 90 SETS OF EXTRICATION TOOLS.

    Expenses $8,809,731 · Grants $8,308,742

  • THE ABILITY TO RESPOND SWIFTLY TO NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AREA OF SUPPORT FOR THE FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION. THROUGH ITS NETWORK OF FIREHOUSE SUBS RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES IMMEDIATE DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FOOD PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS VICTIMS, VOLUNTEERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING STRENGTHEN LIFESAVING CAPABILITIES AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION AMONG ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.

    Expenses $482,996 · Grants $360,555

  • PREVENTION EDUCATION ALLOWS FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND OFFER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTAND HOW TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES. FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON THE DANGERS AND CAUSES OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND RESIDENTIAL FIRES HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECOME BETTER PREPARED BY RECOGNIZING POTENTIAL HAZARDS AND TAKING STEPS TO REDUCE RISKS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) TO DISTRIBUTE FIRE SAFETY EDUCATIONAL COLORING SHEETS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE FIRE PREVENTION AWARENESS AMONG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $158,695 · Grants $89,176

  • IN 2014, THE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED ITS MILITARY SUPPORT PROGRAM. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, VETERANS FROM ALL BRANCHES OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES WHO WERE INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY MAY REQUEST ADAPTIVE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT, K9S FOR WARRIORS, THE INDEPENDENCE FUND, TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION, CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE AND MORE, ALLOWING THE FOUNDATION TO EXPAND THE REACH AND IMPACT OF ITS SERVICES.

    Expenses $100,914 · Grants $74,318

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS PURSUING CAREERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO FIRST RESPONDERS SEEKING TO ADVANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE TRAINING AND CONTINUED EDUCATION OF THOSE DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA, THE FOUNDATION AWARDED 15 SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2025 TO STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

    Expenses $96,136 · Grants $74,293

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BRADY RIGDON

    SECRETARY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ED SCHULTZ

    TREASURER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROBIN SORENSEN

    PRESIDENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BILL HART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLOS AVILES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DON FOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER FIVEASH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE HANCOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN GAINEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT ANTHONY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAWN MCCORMICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GINA BROWN

    DIRECTOR, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $151,989
    From this org
    $128,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,573
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $96,831
    Bonus
    $31,585
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,573
    Filer's total
    $151,989

  • JACQUELYN KOTOS

    DIRECTOR, MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $160,457
    From this org
    $123,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,282
    Bonus
    $30,430
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,731
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,014
    Filer's total
    $160,457

  • MEGHAN VARGAS

    DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $177,901
    From this org
    $143,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,539
    Bonus
    $35,399
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,963
    Filer's total
    $177,901

  • NANCY PALMER

    MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $97,916
    From this org
    $88,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,922
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBIN PETERS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $319,313
    From this org
    $284,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,077
    Bonus
    $77,181
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,345
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,710
    Filer's total
    $319,313

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $15,776,992
    Expenses
    $11,032,385
    Contributions
    $11,767,434
    Grants paid
    $8,907,084
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,349,237
    Expenses
    $10,028,962
    Contributions
    $11,953,978
    Grants paid
    $8,333,192
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,817,421
    Expenses
    $10,553,670
    Contributions
    $10,940,275
    Grants paid
    $8,494,793

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,292,582
    Expenses
    $11,043,716
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,042,556

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,540,172
    Expenses
    $8,287,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,113,510

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,959,325
    Expenses
    $10,379,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,229,389

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,843,557
    Expenses
    $9,462,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,886,281

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,897,699
    Expenses
    $7,813,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,726,208

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,897,699
    Expenses
    $7,813,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,726,208

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,606,101
    Expenses
    $8,438,507
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,250,947

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,828,519
    Expenses
    $5,227,128
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,074,599

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,399,965
    Expenses
    $4,170,626
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,666,969

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,995,567
    Expenses
    $2,827,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,272,058

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.