Public Charity

MINNESOTA FIREFIGHTER INITIATIVE

MINNESOTA FIREFIGHTER INITIATIVE is a Public Charity headquartered in ISANTI, MN. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.5M revenue, $3.5M expenses, $660K total assets. 8 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $47K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 384049248 ISANTI, MN Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.5M
Total Expenses$3.5M
Total Assets$660K
Grant Records8
Funding Total$47K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MINNESOTA FIREFIGHTER INITIATIVE (MNFIRE) IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING MINNESOTA'S FIREFIGHTERS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH BY FOCUSING ON THE THREE HEALTH PROBLEMS MOST COMMONLY EXPERIENCED BY THOSE IN THE FIRE SERVICE: CARDIAC, CANCER AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.

Where $100 goes at Minnesota Firefighter Initiative

How Minnesota Firefighter Initiative divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$6 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $94 for programs

$57
Criticall illness program:the organization provides a critical illness program insurance policy, which all minnesota firefighters are enrolled in
60% of program spending
$25
The organization provides the mnfire assistance program, which includes 5 sessions with a mental health care provider per issue per year for firefighters
27% of program spending
$12
Awareness education continues to be the most significant area of achievement for mnfire
13% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

VICE PRESIDENT Amber Lage
TREASURER Ed Hoffman
DIRECTOR George Esbensen
DIRECTOR John Wolff
SECRETARY Ken Bence
PRESIDENT Mike Dobesh

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$18,501 4 grants
Unspecified
$28,654 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.5M $3.5M $660K
2024 $3.6M $3.7M $850K
2023 $4.6M $4.1M $998K
2022 $3.1M $3.2M $1.2M
2021 $362K $315K $148K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $362K to $3.5M (+874%), with total assets most recently reported at $660K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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