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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS

EIN 39-1744492 MADISON, WI

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Revenue 2024
$972,433
Expenses 2024
$981,131

As filed

Subsection
05
Classification
3000
Street
321 E MAIN ST STE 200

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (EIN 53-0088290). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN, INC. SHALL BE TO CULTIVATE A CLOSER FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN; THE PROMOTION OF LEGISLATION TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL; TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AN EFFECTIVE AND SUBSTANTIAL PENSION LAW; TO PROMOTE A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AS POSSIBLE; TO PROMOTE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AS A FIRE-BASED SERVICE; TO PROTECT THE FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THEIR POSITIONS; AND THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR THE FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LABOR UNION TO ADVOCATE FOR CAREER FIREFIGHTERS IN WISCONSIN.

  • THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN, INC. SHALL BE TO CULTIVATE A CLOSER FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN; THE PROMOTION OF LEGISLATION TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL; TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AN EFFECTIVE AND SUBSTANTIAL PENSION LAW; TO PROMOTE A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AS POSSIBLE; TO PROMOTE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AS A FIRE-BASED SERVICE; TO PROTECT THE FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THEIR POSITIONS; AND THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR THE FIRE FIGHTERS/EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN, INC. (PFFW) LOBBIES ON BEHALF OF FIRE FIGHTERS IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO IMPROVE FIRE FIGHTER AND EMS PERSONNEL SAFETY THROUGH APPROPRIATE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY ON THE SCENE OF A FIRE OR MEDICAL EMERGENCY. PFFW REPRESENTS OVER 4,000 FIRE FIGHTERS IN OVER 100 LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. PFFW ALSO RAISES AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE SAFETY AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT BENEFIT FIRE FIGHTERS AND EMS PERSONNEL.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Mahlon Mitchell

    STATE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $77,660
    From this org
    $77,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Woodzicka

    STATE VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $27,511
    From this org
    $27,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Steven Wilding

    STATE SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $52,949
    From this org
    $52,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lucas Kotschi

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $9,393
    From this org
    $9,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Richard Gee

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $15,442
    From this org
    $15,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Jerry Biggart

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $16,494
    From this org
    $16,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Scott Arneberg

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $4,560
    From this org
    $4,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Eric Daun

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $10,260
    From this org
    $10,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Pete Friedericks

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $14,820
    From this org
    $14,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Derek Matykowski

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER (THRU NOV)

    Total calculated
    $5,700
    From this org
    $5,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Ryan Hintz

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,805
    From this org
    $5,805
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $972,433
    Expenses
    $981,131
    Contributions
    $41,697
    Grants paid
    $22,798
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $896,099
    Expenses
    $949,426
    Contributions
    $34,191
    Grants paid
    $42,550
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $873,594
    Expenses
    $918,890
    Contributions
    $39,240
    Grants paid
    $12,500

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
    $801,980
    Expenses
    $720,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,529,758
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $795,388
    Expenses
    $757,883
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,270,884
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $834,093
    Expenses
    $807,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,046,628
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,073,667
    Expenses
    $1,211,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,961,905
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,172,376
    Expenses
    $1,350,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,199,678
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,354,650
    Expenses
    $2,224,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,368,061
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $961,143
    Expenses
    $1,272,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,255,886
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $949,577
    Expenses
    $1,053,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,806,249
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,078,261
    Expenses
    $901,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,880,251
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,270,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,720,987

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.