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Last Call Foundation INC

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Braintree, MA501(c)(3)Public Safety & Disaster EIN 46-5415002Revenue $458K in FY2024

On file with the IRSlastcallfoundation.org138 Oak St, 02184-4510 · Braintree, MATax-exempt since Jun 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of the Last Call Foundation is to provide funding, education and research to advance the safety needs of the boston firefighting community and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$53K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $35K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$53K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 74% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $40K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$36K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$458K
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$522K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$365K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$458K
FY2024▼ -5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$355K
FY2021$409K
FY2022$493K
FY2023$483K
FY2024$458K
Expenses
$522K
FY2024▲ +10%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$530K
FY2021$336K
FY2022$511K
FY2023$475K
FY2024$522K
Net assets
$365K
FY2024▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$365K
FY2021$439K
FY2022$421K
FY2023$429K
FY2024$365K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2014.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $370K Management & general 13% · $65K Fundraising 17% · $86K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $53K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Jason Burns
Executive Di
$53,170Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kevin Fry
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Burns’s $53K as Executive Di is at the 74th percentile of top reported officer pay among 825 $100K–1M public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Jason Burns$53,170$52,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Funds and educates to improve safety for firefighters.

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3 programs · $317K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Last call foundation provided funding for a number of initiatives to raise community awareness regarding occupational hazards within fire services due to exposure to carcinogens. Last call foundation continued funding firefighter cancer prevention education programs to help protect themselves and their families from the devastating…

$184Kprogram expense
02

The organization provides critical equipment grants for the implemntation of community wildfire protection plan addressing wildfire response, hazard mitigation and commmunity preparedness, communications systems, exhaust removal system. And updated fitness equipment.

$98Kprogram expense
03

Last call foundation provided funding for the purcahse 9 alarm apparel defender breifts desinged to mitigate skin absorption of harmful particulates and conducting hearing assessment testing to measure the efficancy of hearing projectin devices.

$35Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Our Change FoundationFY2025$40K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$40K
Grants paid · 41 grants · $1.3M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$110,196
Boston Sparks Association INCMA · FY2024$75,000
Concord Fire DeptFY2024$25,688
U Mass - Er MedFY2024$25,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$25,000
Detectogether INCFY2024$17,500
Johnson City (tn) Fire DeptFY2024$17,030
Individual RecipientFY2024$13,090
Seekonk Fire DeptFY2024$7,500
Mass General Hospital - ResearchFY2023$47,528
Springfield Fire Department INCNY · FY2023$44,000
Detectogether INCFY2023$42,500
Colorado River Fire Protection DistFY2023$30,000
Lake Carmel Fire Department INCNY · FY2023$27,800
Nestucca Rural Fire Protection DistFY2023$25,000
Parkway Hearing LLCFY2023$11,550
Boston Sparks Association INCMA · FY2023$10,000
City of BostonFY2022$106,035
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$458K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$446K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Money outPt IX
$522K
Ln 25
Programscol B$370K
Managementcol C$65K
Fundraisingcol D$86K
Owns and owesPt X
$365K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$401K
Total assetsLn 16$401K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$446K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Total revenueLn 12$458K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$87K
SavingsLn 2$314K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$401K
Total assetsLn 16$401K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
Net assetsLn 32$365K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$445K$401K
Total assetsLn 16$445K$401K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K$36K
Net assetsLn 32$429K$365K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$317K$317K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$53K$45K$5K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K$326$163
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$26K$26K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$42K$42K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$45K$5K$2K$39K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$7K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$522K$370K$65K$86K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $458K$522K−$64K$365K 990 PDF
FY2023 $483K$475K$8K$429K 990 PDF
FY2022 $493K$511K−$18K$421K 990 PDF
FY2021 $409K$336K$73K$439K 990 PDF
FY2020 $355K$530K−$175K$365K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $458,135 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $474,658$445,795
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,085$12,340
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $482,743$458,135
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $246,995$317,004
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $55,978$56,429
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $45,650$42,500
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $126,116$106,007
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $474,739$521,940
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $8,004−$63,805
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $458,135 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$445,795
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$445,795
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $12,340$12,340
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,340$458,135
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $521,940 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $317,004$317,004
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $45,195 · Management $5,317 · Fundraising $2,658$53,170
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,770 · Management $326 · Fundraising $163$3,259
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $12,000$12,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $25,826$25,826
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $42,500$42,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $5,764$5,764
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $6,199$6,199
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,830$1,830
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,218 · Management $1,643 · Fundraising $38,552$45,413
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $6,561 · Fundraising $2,414$8,975
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $370,187 · Management $65,466 · Fundraising $86,287$521,940
Part X · Balance sheet $400,635 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $360,222$86,998
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $85,234$313,637
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $445,456$400,635
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $15,886$35,678
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,694$35,678
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $423,762$364,957
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $428,762$364,957
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $445,456$400,635
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $364,957 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$458,135
XI-2 Total expenses$521,940
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$63,805
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$428,762
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$364,957

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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