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12 funders with a record of paying for “firefighter”
Where the money went Motorola Solutions Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gary Sinise Foundation → Friends of Firefighters Inc: $970K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Iowa Falls Firefighters Inc: $98K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → National Fallen Firefighters: $50K across 8 grants, latest 2025 California Fire Foundation → Firefighters Burn Institute: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Pleasantville Fire Rescue Association: $39K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gesa Community Foundation → Grant County Fire District 13: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Wildland Firefighter Foundation: $21K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Tc Energy Foundation → Celestine Volunteer Fire Department: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Land O'lakes Foundation → Hull Firefighters Association: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Karen Alice Nilsen Olsen → Rocaway Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025 United Community Bank Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Gary Sinise Foundation → Friends of Firefighters: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Motorola Solutions Foundation → Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation Fondation Canadienne Des Pompiers: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → City of Lacona: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Cwt Firefighters Foundation Incorporated: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Gesa Community Foundation → Yakima County Department of Emergency: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2024 California Fire Foundation → Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Assoc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tc Energy Foundation → Rochester Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Association: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2022 Land O'lakes Foundation → Ainswroth Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Karen Alice Nilsen Olsen → Wildland Firefighter Foundation: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025 United Community Bank Foundation → Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team Inc: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Motorola Solutions Foundation → Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Gary Sinise Foundation → Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Northern Warren Firefighters Association: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gesa Community Foundation → Kootenai County Fire & Rescue: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Baxter Volunteer Firefighters Association: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 California Fire Foundation → Oxnard Firefighters Foundation: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Tc Energy Foundation → Blue Lake Twp Fire Department: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → The Backstoppers Inc Police Officers' & Firefight: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Land O'lakes Foundation → Fort Atkinson Firefighters Association: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Karen Alice Nilsen Olsen → Long Beach Volunteer Firefighter Foundation: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 United Community Bank Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gary Sinise Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Fire-Rescue Association of Knoxville Iowa: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gary Sinise Foundation → Fire Family Transport Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Rhodes Volunteer Firefighter and Ems Association: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → City of Indianola: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Motorola Solutions Foundation → Taiwan Head Association of Retired Firefighters: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → City of Carlisle: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Northern Warren Firefighters Association: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → Granger Fire Department: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Nevada Firefighters Incorporated: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gesa Community Foundation → Grant County Fire Protection Dist 3: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Radcliffe Firefighters Foundation Incorporated: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gary Sinise Foundation → Kenwood Firefighters Association: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → Columbia Walla Walla Fire District #2: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → United We Rescue: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tc Energy Foundation → Yankton Fire Dept: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gesa Community Foundation → Medic One Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gary Sinise Foundation → The Middle Tennessee Fraternal Order of L: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → City of Walla Walla: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → Benton County Fire District #2: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → Chelan County Mountain Rescue Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 California Fire Foundation → Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Found: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 California Fire Foundation → Kern County Firefighters Local 1301: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gary Sinise Foundation → Greater Tucson Fire Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → Columbia Walla Walla Fire District 2: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Firefighter Burn Institute: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gesa Community Foundation → City of Colfax: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gary Sinise Foundation → International Association of Fire Fighter: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tc Energy Foundation → Gorham Firefighters Association Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tc Energy Foundation → Elizabeth Township Fire Department No 1: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Motorola Solutions Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Motorola Solutions Foundation $1.5M Gary Sinise Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Gary Sinise Foundation $1.3M Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino: $214K on this topic. Open the funder. Prairie Meadows Race Track an… $214K Gesa Community Foundation: $176K on this topic. Open the funder. Gesa Community Foundation $176K Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $149K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Fdn of Greater Des… $149K California Fire Foundation: $93K on this topic. Open the funder. California Fire Foundation $93K Tc Energy Foundation: $67K on this topic. Open the funder. Tc Energy Foundation $67K Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Burton A Zipser and Sandra D… $50K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $49K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $49K Land O'lakes Foundation: $33K on this topic. Open the funder. Land O'lakes Foundation $33K Karen Alice Nilsen Olsen: $22K on this topic. Open the funder. Karen Alice Nilsen Olsen $22K United Community Bank Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. United Community Bank Foundat… $11K National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: received $1.3M on this topic National Fallen Firefighters Fo… $1.3M Friends of Firefighters Inc: received $970K on this topic Friends of Firefighters Inc $970K Friends of Firefighters: received $150K on this topic Friends of Firefighters $150K Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation Fondation Canadienne Des Pompiers: received $100K on this topic Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fo… $100K Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation: received $100K on this topic Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fo… $100K Iowa Falls Firefighters Inc: received $98K on this topic Iowa Falls Firefighters Inc $98K National Fallen Firefighters: received $50K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters $50K Firefighters Burn Institute: received $41K on this topic Firefighters Burn Institute $41K Pleasantville Fire Rescue Association: received $39K on this topic Pleasantville Fire Rescue Assoc… $39K National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: received $35K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters Fo… $35K Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association: received $35K on this topic Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters A… $35K City of Lacona: received $29K on this topic City of Lacona $29K Wildland Firefighter Foundation: received $28K on this topic Wildland Firefighter Foundation $28K Northern Warren Firefighters Association: received $26K on this topic Northern Warren Firefighters As… $26K Fire-Rescue Association of Knoxville Iowa: received $25K on this topic Fire-Rescue Association of Knox… $25K Grant County Fire District 13: received $25K on this topic Grant County Fire District 13 $25K Fire Family Transport Foundation: received $25K on this topic Fire Family Transport Foundation $25K Rhodes Volunteer Firefighter and Ems Association: received $25K on this topic Rhodes Volunteer Firefighter an… $25K Cwt Firefighters Foundation Incorporated: received $23K on this topic Cwt Firefighters Foundation Inc… $23K Yakima County Department of Emergency: received $22K on this topic Yakima County Department of Eme… $22K Celestine Volunteer Fire Department: received $21K on this topic Celestine Volunteer Fire Depart… $21K Hull Firefighters Association: received $20K on this topic Hull Firefighters Association $20K Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Assoc: received $20K on this topic Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters A… $20K Kootenai County Fire & Rescue: received $20K on this topic Kootenai County Fire & Rescue $20K City of Indianola: received $20K on this topic City of Indianola $20K Taiwan Head Association of Retired Firefighters: received $20K on this topic Taiwan Head Association of Reti… $20K City of Carlisle: received $20K on this topic City of Carlisle $20K Northern Warren Firefighters Association: received $15K on this topic Northern Warren Firefighters As… $15K Granger Fire Department: received $15K on this topic Granger Fire Department $15K Baxter Volunteer Firefighters Association: received $15K on this topic Baxter Volunteer Firefighters A… $15K Nevada Firefighters Incorporated: received $15K on this topic Nevada Firefighters Incorporated $15K Grant County Fire Protection Dist 3: received $15K on this topic Grant County Fire Protection Di… $15K Radcliffe Firefighters Foundation Incorporated: received $13K on this topic Radcliffe Firefighters Foundati… $13K Rocaway Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association: received $12K on this topic Rocaway Beach Volunteer Firefig… $12K Oxnard Firefighters Foundation: received $12K on this topic Oxnard Firefighters Foundation $12K Kenwood Firefighters Association: received $12K on this topic Kenwood Firefighters Association $12K Rochester Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc: received $11K on this topic Rochester Volunteer Firefighter… $11K Blue Lake Twp Fire Department: received $10K on this topic Blue Lake Twp Fire Department $10K Columbia Walla Walla Fire District #2: received $10K on this topic Columbia Walla Walla Fire Distr… $10K United We Rescue: received $10K on this topic United We Rescue $10K Yankton Fire Dept: received $10K on this topic Yankton Fire Dept $10K Medic One Foundation: received $10K on this topic Medic One Foundation $10K The Middle Tennessee Fraternal Order of L: received $10K on this topic The Middle Tennessee Fraternal… $10K City of Walla Walla: received $10K on this topic City of Walla Walla $10K Benton County Fire District #2: received $10K on this topic Benton County Fire District #2 $10K Chelan County Mountain Rescue Association: received $10K on this topic Chelan County Mountain Rescue A… $10K Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Found: received $10K on this topic Bakersfield Firefighters Burn F… $10K Kern County Firefighters Local 1301: received $10K on this topic Kern County Firefighters Local… $10K Greater Tucson Fire Foundation: received $10K on this topic Greater Tucson Fire Foundation $10K Columbia Walla Walla Fire District 2: received $10K on this topic Columbia Walla Walla Fire Distr… $10K National Fallen Firefighters Association: received $10K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters As… $10K The Backstoppers Inc Police Officers' & Firefight: received $9K on this topic The Backstoppers Inc Police Off… $9K Firefighter Burn Institute: received $9K on this topic Firefighter Burn Institute $9K City of Colfax: received $9K on this topic City of Colfax $9K International Association of Fire Fighter: received $9K on this topic International Association of Fi… $9K Gorham Firefighters Association Inc: received $8K on this topic Gorham Firefighters Association… $8K Elizabeth Township Fire Department No 1: received $8K on this topic Elizabeth Township Fire Departm… $8K Ainswroth Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc: received $8K on this topic Ainswroth Volunteer Firefighter… $8K Fort Atkinson Firefighters Association: received $6K on this topic Fort Atkinson Firefighters Asso… $6K Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team Inc: received $3K on this topic Lowcountry Firefighter Support… $3K Long Beach Volunteer Firefighter Foundation: received $3K on this topic Long Beach Volunteer Firefighte… $3K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “firefighter” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $20,000 to HULL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION — member co-op matches
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Largest: $10,000 to WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION — program support
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Largest: $21,763 to IOWA FALLS FIREFIGHTERS INC — grant distribution
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Largest: $25,119 to GRANT COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 13 — assistance to firefighters local heroes
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Largest: $335,000 to National Fallen Firefighters Foundation — general operating support
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Largest: $570,000 to FRIENDS OF FIREFIGHTERS INC — alliance support-fdny
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Largest: $6,250 to NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS — to support research, performance, preservation of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of american music including neglected works of the past.
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Largest: $2,500 to NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION — this donation is designated to the greenville city stair climb.
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Largest: $2,000 to WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION — heling families of firefighters killed in the line of duty.
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Largest: $20,500 to CELESTINE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — 2022 firefighter turnout gear
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Largest: $15,000 to FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE — education&research
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Largest: $25,230 to Fire-Rescue Association Of Knoxville Iowa — firefighting battery powered extrication tools
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