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Firefighters Charitable Foundation

EIN 65-0258322Human Services New York Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping victims of fire and disaster

The Firefighters Charitable Foundation's (FFCF) primary focus is to provide much needed financial assistance to individuals who have been affected by a fire or disaster, to support other disaster or prevention related charities and institutions, and volunteer fire departments. FFCF also has a nationwide volunteer brigade that acts as our eyes and ears to identify those in critical need. Since our founding in 1991, our funding assists fire and disaster victims; and supports volunteer fire departments; supports outreach programs for fire safety, first aid education and aids children in need; and delivers grants to other charitable organizations that help victims of fire.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

28.86Overall score
out of 100

0.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,352,911

Total expenses · USD$7,204,428

Program expenses

$547,536.53 recorded amount

7.6%

Fundraising expenses

$6,311,078.93 recorded amount

87.6%

Administrative expenses

$331,403.69 recorded amount

4.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.86 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Frank Tepedino
Recorded compensation: $118,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.63%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Firefighters Charitable Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Firefighters Charitable Foundation's (FFCF) primary focus is to provide much needed financial assistance to individuals who have been affected by a fire or disaster, to support other disaster or prevention related charities and institutions, and volunteer fire departments. FFCF also has a nationwide volunteer brigade that acts as our eyes and ears to identify those in critical need. Since our founding in 1991, our funding assists fire and disaster victims; and supports volunteer fire departments; supports outreach programs for fire safety, first aid education and aids children in need; and delivers grants to other charitable organizations that help victims of fire.
`ein` EIN	65-0258322
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7204428.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.046
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.86
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.8759999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.076
`fscore` Financial score	0.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Frank Tepedino
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	118000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0163
`motto` Tagline	Helping victims of fire and disaster
`name` Charity name	Firefighters Charitable Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7352911.0
`score` Overall score	28.86
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	547536.5279999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	6311078.927999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	331403.68799999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 65-0258322
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.