Pittsburgh Fire Fighters Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883870938
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4122242109
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$527,141
Expenses
$44,093
Assets
$573,291
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN FARAH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • RALPH SICURO (CHAIRMAN)
  • TODD SCHULTZ (TREASURER)
  • JOHN FARAH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pittsburgh fire fighters foundation inc. Is devoted to honoring and assisting fallen, retired, and active fire fighters and their families though memorials, aid, and education scholarships, as well as assisting those in need within the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Line of duty death memorial: consturction and maintenance of memorial to recognize the sacrife of over 100 pittsburgh firefighters who lost their lives int he line of duty since 1870. This tribute includes statues symbolizing the past and present generations of firefighters, an eternal flame, and engraved names of fallen heroes.coats for kids program: partnership with local businesses and organizations to raise money every year to supply new winter coats to children in the communitites and schools throughout pittsburgh, keeping them warm and protected during the cold months.future community initiatives: the launch of additional programs to better serve the pittsburgh community. These include 1) a bike helmet safety program for children, 2) support for burn camps that aid young surviviors, 3) additional outreach projects to enhance safety, health, and well-being for families in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 93
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.3%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 91.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 74% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 77% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.3% of revenue deployed · 79.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.