International Association of Fire Fighters
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What it says it does
This organization provides representation to its member firefighters paramedics and EMTs at the national state and local level in order to provide a safe and healthy work environment.
- Income
- $96,673
- Spending
- $78,521
- Highest pay
- $5,600, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $1,415 spent. The sixty-nine members were represented before the International Association of Firefighters 12th District Convention in South Carolina. The convention centered around PFA-free gear preventing harmful metals in self-contained breathing apparatus and improving overall working conditions.
- $6,789 spent. The sixty-nine members were represented before the Florida Professional Firefighters at the Annual and Legislative Conventions. The Florida Professional Firefighters worked with legislators to expand the Firefighter Health and Safety bill and are working towards the 42-hour workweek for shift personnel. The representatives attended workshops for legal considerations and collective bargaining agreement negotiations
- $18,186 spent. The sixty-nine members are continuously represented before the City of Stuart and the Stuart Fire Rescue administration through contract negotiations Firefighter Health and Safety Committee grievance and discipline proceedings and interviewing potential new personnel. Networking with adjacent IAFF locals allows for the organization to seek continuity and equity with neighboring departments to improve working conditions.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending February 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1959.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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