Louisville Professional Firefighters

Public charity · Grantmaker Louisville, KY EIN: 61-6030837

To elevate firefighting as a profession and support its members and local charities.

Louisville Professional Firefighters at a glance

In short: Louisville Professional Firefighters gave $22K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $22K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$21,645
+64.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$21,645
+64.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$21,645
Total assets
$746,881
+2.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Louisville Professional Firefighters funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Muscular Dystrophy: $22KMuscular Dystrophy$22K

The largest 2025 recipient was Muscular Dystrophy ($22K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

ChicagoLouisville

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 Total only2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $13K (2021) to $22K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $22K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Muscular Dystrophy Chicago, IL—$21,645
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$746,881$721,100$696,737$21,6451
2024$730,088$727,653$826,446$13,1321
2023$779,141$782,790$740,026$20,0001
2022$740,806$610,796$612,933$21,283Total only
2021$752,576$552,310$492,249$13,0001
2020$684,359$608,817$508,384$18,0001

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Louisville Professional Firefighters

Based on IRS filings

Louisville Professional Firefighters is a public charity, based in Louisville, KY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $747K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $22K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Louisville Professional Firefighters is led by Jeff Taylor, President since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 3 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jeff Taylor

    President

    Vice President → President, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    20 hrs/week

    $27K (2021) → $42K (2025)

  • Nicholas Groft

    Secretary & Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    20 hrs/week

    $10K (2021) → $34K (2025)

  • Dennis Eggen

    Vice President

    On filings since 2023

    20 hrs/week

    $16K (2023) → $34K (2025)

  • Anita Bilyeau

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brett Braun

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chad Long

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Lucas

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sam Pierce

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donovan Sims

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Geoffrey McNulty

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Kailholz

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Heink

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mitchell Prather

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron Silliman

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Webber

    Executive Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Austin Whitman

    Executive Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Brent Weedman (2022–2024) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Brian O'Neill (2020–2023) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Reid Ellis (2020–2022) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Bill Williams (2020–2021) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Jt Bass (2020–2021) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Scott Boyd (2020–2021) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Aaron Jarrell (2020) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: David Fehr (2020) — Secretary & Treasurer
  • Former: Jackie Graviss (2020) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Kent McCauley (2020) — Executive Board Member
  • Former: Travis Jones (2020) — Executive Board Member

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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Jeff Taylor — President: $42KJeff TaylorPresident$42KDennis Eggen — Vice President: $34KDennis EggenVice President$34KNicholas Groft — Secretary/Treasurer: $34KNicholas GroftSecretary/Treasurer$34K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $42K, to Jeff Taylor (President). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Louisville Professional Firefighters

How much does Louisville Professional Firefighters give each year?

Louisville Professional Firefighters gave $22K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $13K across 1 grant.

How large is Louisville Professional Firefighters?

Louisville Professional Firefighters reported $747K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $721K.

Where does Louisville Professional Firefighters operate?

Louisville Professional Firefighters has awarded grants in Illinois, Kentucky.

What is Louisville Professional Firefighters's EIN?

Louisville Professional Firefighters's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 61-6030837. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 15, 2023)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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