Nonprofit · EIN 35-6066857
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
Also known as L0362 SOUTH BEND
Tax-exempt · SOUTH BEND, IN 46628
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $345,132 | $337,132 | $8,000 | $404,156 | $27,097 | $377,059 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $364,432 | $217,056 | $147,376 | $416,620 | $47,561 | $369,059 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $341,014 | $279,442 | $61,572 | $285,717 | $64,034 | $221,683 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $220,024
- Membership dues
- $192,323
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $683
- Net rental income
- $111,171
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $13,254
- Other revenue
- $124,425
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $67,418
- Other salaries and wages
- $42,356
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $113,111
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $12,375
- Accounting fees
- $5,070
- Occupancy
- $110,095
- Management and general (functional)
- $337,132
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $416,620
- Total assets, end of year
- $404,156
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $27,097
- Net assets, end of year
- $377,059
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $334,734
- Gross receipts
- $727,439
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1997
- State of legal domicile
- IN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIC GRIFFEN | PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $0 | $8,807 |
| RUSS BUYSSE | VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $0 | $6,605 |
| ANDREW ZWIERZYNSKI | TREASURER Officer | 10 | $0 | $6,555 |
| NATE GISZEWSKI | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $0 | $6,555 |
| PATRICK GRING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| MIKE JAMIESON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| BRANDON HUBNER | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| JOSHUA CHAPO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| JARED PEARISH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| TYLER KING | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| LISA MCCREARY | TRUSTEE Institutional trustee | 5 | $0 | $3,669 |
| PETE PAJAKOWSKI | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $2,936 |
| JAMES GADACZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $2,936 |
| SCOTT SEARFOSS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,468 |
| JOHN FLEMING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,468 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEAN EATON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,468 |
| ERIN TIBBS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,468 |
| JUSTIN REIHM | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,468 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIC GRIFFEN | PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $0 | $8,006 |
| ANDREW ZWIERZYNSKI | TREASURER Officer | 10 | $0 | $6,005 |
| RUSS BUYSSE | VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $0 | $6,005 |
| NATE GISZEWSKI | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $0 | $6,005 |
| PATRICK GRING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,336 |
| JOSHUA CHAPO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,336 |
| JOSHUA RICHHART | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,336 |
| TYLER KING | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $3,336 |
| LISA MCCREARY | TRUSTEE Institutional trustee | 5 | $0 | $3,336 |
| MIKE JAMIESON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $2,780 |
| PETE PAJAKOWSKI | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $2,669 |
| JAMES GADACZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $2,669 |
| JARED PEARISH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $2,502 |
| SCOTT SEARFOSS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,334 |
| JOHN FLEMING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,334 |
| ERIN TIBBS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,334 |
| JUSTIN REIHM | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $1,334 |
| KEVIN WEINBERG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $83 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN ROSE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 20 | $6,000 |
| ANDREW ZWIERZYNSKI | TREASURER Officer | 10 | $4,500 |
| ERIC GRIFFEN | PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $4,500 |
| NATE GISZEWSKI | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $4,500 |
| LISA MCCREARY | TRUSTEE Institutional trustee | 5 | $3,125 |
| PATRICK GRING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $2,500 |
| RUSS BUYSSE | VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $2,500 |
| JOSHUA CHAPO | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $2,500 |
| JOSHUA RICHHART | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $2,500 |
| JARED PEARISH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $2,500 |
| TYLER KING | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $2,500 |
| PETE PAJAKOWSKI | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $2,000 |
| JAMES GADACZ | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $1,500 |
| SCOTT SEARFOSS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $1,000 |
| JOHN FLEMING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $1,000 |
| ERIN TIBBS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $1,000 |
| TROY PLATZ | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $750 |
| DEREK ERQUHART | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $250 |
| JUSTIN REIHM | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $250 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- LOCAL 362 SO BEND 4025 LINCOLNWAY W, SOUTH BEND, IN 46628-0000
- In care of
- % ANDREW ZWIERZYNSKI
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ANDREW ZWIERZYNSKI, LO362 SOUTH BEND, 4025 Lincoln Way W, SOUTH BEND, IN 466281248
- Signed the 990
- Andrew Zwierzynski, Treasurer
- Phone
- (574) 310-5997
- Return prepared by
- MICHIANA ACCOUNTING SVC
Mission
A LABOR UNION SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS
Program accomplishments
- Nothing for this year.0
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 35-6066857
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(5): Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1966
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Group exemption
- 0160: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $404,156
- Income (IRS master file)
- $727,439
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $345,132 | $337,132 | $404,156 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $364,432 | $217,056 | $416,620 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $341,014 | $279,442 | $285,717 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $324,176 | $329,526 | $240,780 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 35-6066857).
Questions about INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- What is the EIN of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS is 35-6066857.
- Is INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1966.
- Are donations to INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ANDREW ZWIERZYNSKI.
- Who are the officers and directors of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $345,132, expenses of $337,132 and total assets of $404,156 at year end.
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