Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Kettering, OH EIN: 84-4389087

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation is a private foundation focused on public and societal benefit, based in Kettering, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $12K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $2K.

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation at a glance

In short: Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation gave $2K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $857.5), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,715
-34.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$858
-34.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$858
Total assets
$12,326
+50.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
Pennsylvania (85% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

American Legion Post 598: $250American Legion Post 598$250

The largest 2025 recipient was American Legion Post 598 ($250).

Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($1,465), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 8 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

DaytonKetteringPhiladelphia

How Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 33% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 697% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1K$2K$3K$4K0 grants2020 0 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2022) to $3K (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $2K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
1 grant to individuals Recipients not named —$1,465
American Legion Post 598 Kettering, OHSponsorship of local riders for tunnel to towers event$250
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsDistributable Amount
2025$12,326$7,951$3,797$1,7152$3,532$507
2024$8,172$6,678$6,230$2,6122$6,230$373
2023$7,724$2,941$6,855$3,2982$6,855$346
2022$11,638$3,386$3,706$1,2922$3,326$565
2021$11,958$14,746$3,293———$321
2020$505$505————$12

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation reported a distributable amount of $507 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation's 2025 filing lists 6 officers; none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Amber Duritsch

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Austen Mellendorf

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Walker

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Poynter

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Kaney

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chad Gemin

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Todd Myers (2020–2023) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation

How much does Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation give each year?

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation gave $2K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $3K across 2 grants.

How large is Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation?

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation reported $12K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $4K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $507 (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation?

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation is a private foundation focused on public and societal benefit, based in Kettering, OH. It holds $12K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation operate?

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation has awarded grants in Ohio, Pennsylvania.

What is Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation's EIN?

Kettering Professional Firefighters Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-4389087. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 23, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 27, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 9, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 30, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 29, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 23, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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