Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF

Public charity · Grantmaker Columbus, OH EIN: 31-4426588

Representatives of columbus firefighters

Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF at a glance

In short: Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF gave $16K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $16K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$15,900
-23.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$15,900
-23.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$15,900
Total assets
$3,253,019
+5.9% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Charitable Contributions: $16KCharitable Contributions$16K

The largest 2025 recipient was Charitable Contributions ($16K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

How Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF gives

  • Giving fell 42% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2019) to $27K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $16K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Charitable Contributions —$15,900
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$3,253,019$1,843,974$1,501,357$15,9001$12,401
2024$3,071,266$1,707,652$1,477,706$20,9001$5,570
2023$3,044,653$1,583,939$1,261,519$15,9001$3,667
2022$2,889,480$1,403,577$1,348,465$27,4401$1,669
2021$2,999,212$1,400,014$1,144,900$16,9501$10,830
2020$2,901,039$1,385,741$1,225,920$18,4001$5,100
2019$2,893,111$1,361,340$1,125,318$15,2701$7,157

About Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF

Based on IRS filings

Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF is a public charity, based in Columbus, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $16K. Net investment income was $12K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF is led by Steve Stein, President on every filing since 2019; 11 of 14 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Steve Stein

    President

    On filings since 2019

    $17K (2019) → $35K (2025)

  • Mark Mattox

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    $5K (2019) → $6K (2025)

  • Bryan Groff

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    $6K (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Michael Vedra

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    $6K (2023) → $4K (2025)

  • Shawn Farley

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    $6K (2025)

  • John Guroy

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    $22K (2019) → $29K (2025)

  • Robert Sweetman

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    $14K (2019) → $23K (2025)

  • Zachary Shaw

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    $16K (2020) → $0 (2025)

  • Brian Moffo

    Vice President

    Shift Representative → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    $6K (2023) → $23K (2025)

  • Nathan Dunmoyer

    Shift Representative

    On filings since 2023

    $6K (2023) → $6K (2025)

  • Rodney Dommer

    Shift Representative

    On filings since 2023

    $6K (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Ryan Brotherton

    Shift Representative

    On filings since 2023

    $6K (2023) → $6K (2025)

  • Bryan Sullivan

    Shift Representative

    New on the 2025 filing

    $6K (2025)

  • Scott Sollars

    Shift Representative

    New on the 2025 filing

    $6K (2025)

Former officers (4)
  • Former: Austin Kerns (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jacob Jones (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jesse Williams (2019) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Mark Siemer (2019) — Outgoing President

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Steve Stein — President: $35KSteve SteinPresident$35KJohn Guroy — Secretary/Tr: $29KJohn GuroySecretary/Tr$29KBrian Moffo — Vice-Preside: $23KBrian MoffoVice-Preside$23KRobert Sweetman — Vice Preside: $23KRobert SweetmanVice Preside$23KRyan Brotherton — Shift Rep: $6KRyan BrothertonShift Rep$6KNathan Dunmoyer — Shift Rep: $6KNathan DunmoyerShift Rep$6KShawn Farley — Trustee: $6KShawn FarleyTrustee$6KMark Mattox — Trustee: $6KMark MattoxTrustee$6KScott Sollars — Shift Rep: $6KScott SollarsShift Rep$6KBryan Sullivan — Shift Rep: $6KBryan SullivanShift Rep$6KMichael Vedra — Trustee: $4KMichael VedraTrustee$4K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $35K, to Steve Stein (President). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF

How much does Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF give each year?

Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF gave $16K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $21K across 1 grant.

How large is Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF?

Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF reported $3.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.8M.

What is Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF's EIN?

Columbus Fire Fighters IAFF's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 31-4426588. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 8, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 9, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 11, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 30, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 23, 2026)

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