Injury, serious illness, or death while active or honorably retired.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $62K a year · 28% of revenue · last 7 filings
Fine: a surplus in 6 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$24K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $166
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$243
0.06% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% 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
$436K
+133% vs prior year
Spent
$344K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$380K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$436K
FY2025▲ +133%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$214K
FY2020$219K
FY2021$91K
FY2022$135K
FY2023$280K
FY2024$188K
FY2025$436K
Expenses
$344K
FY2025▲ +85%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$101K
FY2020$230K
FY2021$80K
FY2022$56K
FY2023$129K
FY2024$186K
FY2025$344K
Net assets
$380K
FY2025▲ +37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$113K
FY2020$102K
FY2021$114K
FY2022$163K
FY2023$283K
FY2024$277K
FY2025$380K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2019.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $308K Management & general 10% · $36K

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

2 people listed on the 990; $24K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$23,692Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps injured, ill, or deceased first responders and their families nationwide.

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1 program · $308K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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In the organization we raise money to assist first responders and their families nationwide. We also do t-shirt fundraiser event to help raise money for families nationwide.

$308Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$166

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$436K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$436K
Money outPt IX
$344K
Ln 25
Programscol B$308K
Managementcol C$36K
Owns and owesPt X
$380K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$381K
Total assetsLn 16$381K
LiabilitiesLn 26$243
PeoplePt VI, VII
2
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$436K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$416K
Total revenueLn 12$436K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$381K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$381K
Total assetsLn 16$381K
LiabilitiesLn 26$243
Net assetsLn 32$380K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$288K$381K
Total assetsLn 16$288K$381K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$243
Net assetsLn 32$288K$380K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$212K$212K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$24K$0$24K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$2K$0$2K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$0$2K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$0$2K$0
Office expensesLn 13$6K$0$6K$0
TravelLn 17$6K$6K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$90K$90K$4$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$344K$308K$36K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $436K$344K$92K$380K 990 PDF
FY2024 $188K$186K$2K$277K 990 PDF
FY2023 $280K$129K$151K$283K 990 PDF
FY2022 $135K$56K$79K$163K 990 PDF
FY2021 $91K$80K$11K$114K 990 PDF
FY2020 $219K$230K−$10K$102K 990 PDF
FY2019 $214K$101K$113K$113K 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
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Part I · Summary $436,013 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $187,514$436,013
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $187,514$436,013
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $64,910$212,308
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $66,027$27,778
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $54,683$103,604
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $185,620$343,690
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,894$92,323
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $436,013 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$416,425
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$19,588
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$436,013
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$436,013
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $343,690 across 8 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $212,308$212,308
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $23,692 · Fundraising $0$23,692
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $1,885 · Fundraising $0$1,885
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $2,201 · Fundraising $0$2,201
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $1,700 · Fundraising $0$1,700
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $6,182 · Fundraising $0$6,182
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,166 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,166
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $89,552 · Management $4 · Fundraising $0$89,556
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $308,026 · Management $35,664 · Fundraising $0$343,690
Part X · Balance sheet $380,580 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $288,014$380,535
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$45
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $288,014$380,580
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$243
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$243
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $288,014$380,337
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $288,014$380,337
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $288,014$380,580
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $380,337 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$436,013
XI-2 Total expenses$343,690
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$92,323
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$288,014
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$380,337

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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