Crosby Firemens Relief Association
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INVESTED FUNDS TO PROVIDE RETIREMENT AND/OR DISABILITY BENEFITS TO MEMBERS.
- Income
- $136,041
- Spending
- $156,679
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 24
- Highest pay
- $20,000, secretary/ga
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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)
- $118,034 spent. MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INVESTED FUNDS TO PROVIDE RETIREMENT AND/OR DISABILITY BENEFITS TO MEMBERS. FUNDS ARE INVESTED AND MANAGED TO PROVIDE FUTURE BENEFITS FOR 26 ACTIVE FIREFIGHTERS. BENEFITS FOR 2 MEMBERS WERE PAID IN 2024.
- $12,070 spent. FOSTER MEMBER EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES WITH MEETINGS, TRAINING SESSIONS, SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR ACTIVE FIREFIGHTERS IN SERVICE TO THE CROSBY MN FIRE DEPT.
- $20,000 spent. RAISED FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, SCHOOLS, LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND NEEDY INDIVIDUALS BY SELLING PULLTABS UNDER STATE OF MINNESOTA STATUTE AT LICENSED SITES. RESULTS FROM THIS OPERATION ARE REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 9 AND PART IX, LINES 1,2,5,& 7. (DOUBLE REPORTING OF GRANTS AND WAGES IS REVERSED BY PART IX, LINE 24 ENTRY.)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1944.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Los Angeles Firemens Relief Association (Los Angeles, CA), EIN 95-1647833. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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