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CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION

EIN 68-0118991 SACRAMENTO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$5,288,152
Expenses 2024
$7,040,853

Program services were 88.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1780 CREEKSIDE OAKS

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

THE CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION (CFF) IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARITY THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF FIRE AND CONDUCTS PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF FIRE. IT RECOGNIZES THE COURAGE OF FIRE FIGHTERS, AND THE PERSEVERANCE AND SACRIFICE OF FIRE VICTIMS. THE CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL, LOCATED AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN SACRAMENTO, WAS BUILT AND IS MAINTAINED BY CFF. IT HONORS FIRE FIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND SERVES AS A PUBLIC TRIBUTE TO THE HEROISM OF THE PROFESSION AND TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

VICTIM ASSISTANCE AND FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION.

  • THE CFF PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND CONDUCTS PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THROUGH ITS PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, "FIREFIGHTERS ON YOUR SIDE". THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TEACHES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA TO PREVENT AND PREPARE FOR FIRES THROUGH TOPICS AND STRATEGIES PRESENTED THROUGH PERSON-TO-PERSON WORKSHOPS, PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. THE CFF HOLDS AN ANNUAL PUBLIC MEMORIAL CEREMONY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF FALLEN FIRE FIGHTERS.

    Expenses $1,289,682 · Grants $97,350

  • THE CFF ASSISTS VICTIMS AND FAMILIES DEVASTATED BY FIRE AND OTHER MAJOR DISASTERS BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, FIREFIGHTERS ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND BEST ABLE TO IDENTIFY UNMET NEEDS IN THEIR AREA AND HELP CARRY OUT PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE SERVICES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE ALARM. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $4,882,014 · Grants $2,449,071

  • THE CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS.

    Expenses $42,000 · Grants $42,000

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.

  • Brian Rice

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $210,436
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $192,478
    Other
    $17,958
    Hours/week
    5 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $179,584 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $12,894 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $17,958 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $193 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $210,436 related

  • Rick Martinez

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $178,956
    From this org
    $163,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,699
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,022
    Bonus
    $6,575
    Other
    $3,660
    Deferred
    $15,302
    Nontaxable benefits
    $397
    Filer's total
    $178,956

  • Kara Haynes

    DD OF COMM R

    Total calculated
    $149,574
    From this org
    $113,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,466
    Hours/week
    45

  • Joslyn Beile

    DEP DIR OF P

    Total calculated
    $128,349
    From this org
    $117,502
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,847
    Hours/week
    45

  • Mike Lopez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $89,397
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $83,748
    Other
    $5,649
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

  • Charles Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,985
    From this org
    $1,880
    From related orgs
    $10,105
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Rex Pritchard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,225
    From this org
    $1,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Tim Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $470
    From this org
    $470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Freddy Escobar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Dave Gillotte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Trevor Jamison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Jair Juarez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Darrell Roberts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Daniel A Terry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vince Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,288,152
    Expenses
    $7,040,853
    Contributions
    $4,370,473
    Grants paid
    $2,588,421
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,085,617
    Expenses
    $6,766,881
    Contributions
    $4,411,382
    Grants paid
    $3,322,686
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,881,565
    Expenses
    $6,432,496
    Contributions
    $4,834,677
    Grants paid
    $3,218,669

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
    $6,496,275
    Expenses
    $4,963,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,027,196

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,239,326
    Expenses
    $4,616,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,467,446

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,788,443
    Expenses
    $7,634,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,719,799

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,756,209
    Expenses
    $5,798,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,374,279

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,587,607
    Expenses
    $2,074,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,690,853

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,481,350
    Expenses
    $1,536,846
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,967,724

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,540,714
    Expenses
    $1,135,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,044,424

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,185,588
    Expenses
    $1,073,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,650,084

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,004,462
    Expenses
    $864,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,581,434

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $732,661
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,352,845

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • FIREFIGHTERS PRINT AND DESIGN

    C CORP · PRINTING · CA

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $5,300 raised

    2024 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $3,080 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $1,735 raised

    2022 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $739 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $7,780 raised

    2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $4,301 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $9,175 raised

    2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $5,100 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $1,875 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $948 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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