WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C30

Classification

2100

Street

2393 W AIRPORT WAY

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

• ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES OF FALLEN AND/OR INJURED WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS: WFF PROVIDES DIRECT GRANTS AND BENEVOLENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP INJURED FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS FAMILIES OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS, BEREAVEMENT ASSISTANCE AND COUNSELING, TRAVEL FOR MEDICAL AND FUNERAL SERVICES, BENEVOLENT ASSISTANCE FOR BASIC LIVING NEEDS IN HARDSHIP CASES, AND CHRISTMAS ASSISTANCE FOR THE CHILDREN THROUGH THE SANTA'S HELPERS PROGRAM. DURING 2025, WFF PROVIDED SUPPORT TO OVER 1,600 FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IN 127 EMERGENCY CASES INVOLVING INJURED FIREFIGHTERS AND SUPPORT FOR 16 FAMILIES FOLLOWING LINE-OF-DUTY DEATHS.

  Expenses $1,454,679 · Grants $641,730

• PUBLIC EDUCATION: WFF EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF WILDFIRES, INCLUDING THE RISKS FACED BY WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS. WFF'S OFFICES INCLUDE A WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM FEATURING MEMORABILIA, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IN 2025, WFF ENGAGED MORE THAN 2,500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH OUTREACH AND MEMORIAL EVENTS THAT HONOR THE BRAVERY AND SACRIFICES OF FALLEN AND INJURED FIREFIGHTERS. WFF ALSO HOSTED OVER 500 PARTICIPANTS AT ITS FAMILY FIRE WEEKEND, PROVIDING A SPACE FOR HEALING AND CONNECTION AMONG THOSE IMPACTED BY LOSS OR INJURY.

  Expenses $298,907

• MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS INITIATIVE: WFF'S MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE SUPPORTED OVER 352 FIREFIGHTERS FACING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN 2025 BY PROVIDING DIRECT OUTREACH, RESOURCES, AND REFERRALS TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE COUPLES' WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS, BRINGING TOGETHER WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR PARTNERS TO ADDRESS JOB-RELATED STRAIN ON RELATIONSHIPS. THESE EFFORTS FOCUS ON IMPROVING COMMUNICATION, REBUILDING CONNECTION, AND EQUIPPING PARTICIPANTS WITH TOOLS TO NAVIGATE ABSENCES, UNPREDICTABLE SCHEDULES, TRAUMA, AND OTHER EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES. THIS EXPANSION STRENGTHENS INDIVIDUAL RESILIENCE AND ADVANCES WFF'S WHOLE-FAMILY SUPPORT MODEL.

  Expenses $239,125 · Grants $79,315

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

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

  $2,669,459

  Expenses

  $2,311,890

  Contributions

  $1,890,521

  Grants paid

  $721,045

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,633,877

  Expenses

  $2,342,089

  Contributions

  $1,794,360

  Grants paid

  $775,166

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,517,278

  Expenses

  $2,106,324

  Contributions

  $1,931,926

  Grants paid

  $699,095

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,371,811

  Expenses

  $1,935,343

  Contributions

  $2,130,212

  Grants paid

  $634,527

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

  $2,968,585

  Expenses

  $1,809,528

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,563,249

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,934,868

  Expenses

  $1,563,221

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,553,598

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,437,681

  Expenses

  $1,351,040

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,933,404

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,814,323

  Expenses

  $1,614,640

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,858,455

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,394,185

  Expenses

  $1,252,426

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,789,386

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,168,344

  Expenses

  $1,294,234

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,158,035

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,100,940

  Expenses

  $996,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,287,005

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $956,990

  Expenses

  $788,594

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,167,420

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,026,410

  Expenses

  $1,109,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,007,490

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $386,395

  Assets (EOY)

  $86,609

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $155,109

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATION INC

  $123,837

  2023 · GENERAL PROGRAM ASSI

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $63,150

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $32,403

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $32,375

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ORGANIZATION OF FIRE CONTRACTORS AND AFFILIATES

  $25,000

  2025 · WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS PROTECT COMMUNITIES, PUBLIC LANDS, AND EACH OTHER. THE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION EXISTS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH INJURY, HARDSHIP, AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY, AND TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE.

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $21,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $18,710

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND

  $16,536

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $13,995

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL

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

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