NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Financials

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 March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1 BATTERYMARCH PARK, QUINCY, MA 02169-7454

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

AMANDA KIMBALL, 1 BATTERYMARCH PARK, QUINCY, MA 02169

Signed the 990

MICHAEL KENNEDY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Phone

(617) 770-3000

Website

WWW.NFPA.ORG/FOUNDATION

Return prepared by

CBIZ MHM LLC

Mission

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRE PROTECTION FIELD

Program accomplishments

• IMPROVED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ("PPE") CLEANING BEST PRACTICESTHIS PROJECT BUILDS ON RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN TWO PRIOR DHS-AWARDED PROJECTS ("HOW CLEAN IS CLEAN AND "BROADENING PPE CLEANING VALIDATION APPLICATIONS") TO ESTABLISH AND COMMUNICATE COMPREHENSIVE BEST PRACTICES THE FIRE SERVICE CAN APPLY TO EFFECTIVELY CLEAN AND SANITIZE FIREFIGHTER PPE. THE AIM IS TO GET CLEANING VALIDATION TOOLS, AND EFFECTIVE CLEANING METHODOLOGIES, INTO MORE FIRE DEPARTMENTS SO THAT CHRONIC EXPOSURES ARE MINIMIZED.
  Expenses $323,011
• PROPERTY INSURANCE RESEARCHTHE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY INSURANCE RESEACH GROUP IS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PROPERTY INSURANCE INDUSTRY TO DISCUSS INDUSTRY RELEVANT FIRE PROTECTION ISSUES AND IDENTIFY RELATED RESEARCH NEEDS THAT COULD BE MET THROUGH RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE FOUNDATION. THE GROUP IS ALSO A MECHANISM TO RECOMMEND RESEARCH PROJECTS TO THE FOUNDATION AND TO PROVIDE, THROUGH A FUND CONSISTING OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PIRG-RECOMMENDED PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION.
  Expenses $285,406
• ASSESSMENT OF EV FIREFIGHTING TECHNIQUESTHE GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY BY EXPANDING THE EXISTING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR MANAGING EV INCIDENTS. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A LITERATURE REVIEW, GAP ANALYSIS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF FULL-SCALE EV BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE TESTING, WITH DOCUMENTED FINDINGS AND COMPREHENSIVE VIDEO TRAININGS.
  Expenses $408,401
• FACILITIES RESEARCH CONSORTIA
  Expenses $25,000
• FIREFIGHTING FOAM EFFECTIVENES
  Expenses $10,572
• ITM DATA EXCHANGE
  Expenses $5,040
• COST OF BUILDING FIRE PROTECT.
  Expenses $16,663
• OXYGEN REDUCTION SYSTEM
  Expenses $5,000
• ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCHTHE PURPOSE OF THE ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM IS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION BY: PROVIDING A FORUM FOR INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE ENERGY STORAGE AND FIRE PROTECTION INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS INDUSTRY-RELEVANT FIRE PROTECTION ISSUES AND IDENTIFY RELATED RESEARCH NEEDS THAT COULD BE MET THROUGH RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE FOUNDATION. PROVIDING A CONTINUING MECHANISM TO RECOMMEND RESEARCH PROJECTS TO THE FOUNDATION AND TO PROVIDE, THROUGH A FUND CONSISTING OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS (THE "ESRC FUND"), FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ESRC-RECOMMENDED PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION.
  Expenses $52,500
• ESS HAZARD LANDSCAPE
  Expenses $5,000
• MODERN VEHICLE HAZARDS IN PARKING STRUCTURES - PH. 2
  Expenses $103,836
• SMART BUILDINGS
  Expenses $17,000
• REVIEW OF CO ALARM AND DETECTION THRESHOLDS
  Expenses $22,249
• PV SYSTEMS INSTALLED ON BUILDING ROOFS PH. 2
  Expenses $10,000
• ASRS
  Expenses $16,691
• SEMI-CONDUCTOR FACILITIES MAQ
  Expenses $5,000
• EVALUATION OF SINGLE EXIT STAIR
  Expenses $7,500
• EXPOSURE MITIGATION STRATEGIESTHE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPOSURE MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR FIRE INVESTIGATORS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF FIRE INVESTIGATORS BY DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PPE, POST-FIRE SKIN-CLEANSING WIPES, AND ON-SCENE DECONTAMINATION METHODS FOR MITIGATING EXPOSURES TO TOXIC FIREGROUND CONTAMINANTS WHILE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PRIMARY GOALS OR TARGETS OF THIS STUDY ARE TO REDUCE FIRE INVESTIGATOR EXPOSURES TO TOXIC FIREGROUND CONTAMINANTS THROUGH (1) ENSURING FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE PPE THAT PROVIDES THE NECESSARY LEVELS OF VAPOR AND PARTICULATE PROTECTION WHILE ALSO AFFORDING AN ESSENTIAL LEVEL OF THERMAL COMFORT, (2) CONFIRMING THAT SKIN CLEANSING WIPES FOR ON-SCENE DECONTAMINATION OF FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE EFFECTIVE, AND (3) DETERMINING THE EFFICACY OF SIMPLE ON-SCENE WET DECONTAMINATION AS WELL AS DOFFING AND BAGGING GEAR AS A MEANS TO LIMIT SECONDARY EXPOSURE.
  Expenses $828
• ADOPTING PFAS
  Expenses $5,217
• CONTINUING FIGHT AGAINST COVID TOGETHER (C-FACT)
  Expenses $106
• FIREFIGHTER FOAMS-IMPLEMENTATION OF FIRE SERVICE
  Expenses $106,878
• CIGARETTE FIRES IN THE US:DATA ANALYSIS AND WORKSHOP
  Expenses $32
• FIREFIGHTER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOR SAFETY & HEALTH
  Expenses $4,214
• FIREFIGHTER SAFETY FOR FIRE GROUNDS WITH LITHIUM ION
  Expenses $603
• FIGHTING DIRE TOXICITY
  Expenses $3,794
• IMPACT RADIUS OF CO2 PIPELINES
  Expenses $1,949
• LITHIUM-ION BATTERY TRANSIT BUS FIRE PREVENTION
  Expenses $107,584
• ROLE OF TRAINING ON VOLUNTEER FF RECRUITMENT AND RET
  Expenses $78,810
• TRAINING RESPONDERS VOLUNTEER
  Expenses $98,203
• WUI-SHOW
  Expenses $53,934
• SMOKE ALARMS AND CO ALARMS SURVEY - FINAL PHASE
  Expenses $47,473
• FFCCS-U ARIZONA-WILDLAND FF
  Expenses $13,252
• FFCCS-U MICHIGAN-DISASTER FF RESPONSE
  Expenses $13,954
• EV HAZARDS IN PARKING GARAGES FULL-SCALE TESTING
  Expenses $86,002
• LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FIRE PPE CONTAMINATION
  Expenses $10,942
• RACE WILDFIRES EVACUATION
  Expenses $38,122
• CONTAMINATION RESISTANCE FOR FF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
  Expenses $7,340
• HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF ESS DURING MARINE TRANSPORT
  Expenses $443
• VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS CANCER PREVENTION STUDY PH. 2
  Expenses $10,974
• WILDFIRE VULNERABILITY INDEX
  Expenses $7,512
• FEMALE FIREFIGHTER PPE - PH. 2
  Expenses $6,462
• UTILIZING VAPOR-PROTECTIVE PPE TO REDUCE EXPOSURES
  Expenses $460
• CODE FUND PROJECTS
  Expenses $38,000
• SYMPOSIA
  Expenses $21,175 · revenue $37,288
• ESS SEPARATION DISTANCES RESEARCH
  Expenses $25,000
• WUI-NITY 4
  Expenses $134,971
• CONTRACTS
  revenue $76,830

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 March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

52-1256543

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1982

Accounting year ends

March

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief (M24E)

Assets (IRS master file)

$18,234,900

Income (IRS master file)

$4,012,038

Filing history

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 52-1256543).

Questions about NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION?

The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION is 52-1256543.

Is NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.

Are donations to NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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 NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.

Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names AMANDA KIMBALL.

Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 4 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?

On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,351,143, expenses of $2,789,499 and total assets of $18,234,900 at year end.

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