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United Firefighters Support Committee

Charlotte, NC  ·  First report: 2021  ·  Most recent report: 2025  ·  EIN: 86-1386683

This organization reports that it is no longer operating.

Data is self-reported. Only electronically filed contributions and expenditures are included in totals.

Organization Details
Purpose
The primary purpose of the Corporation, as an IRS political organization exempt from taxes operating pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 527, is to influence candidate elections indirectly by informing the public about the importance of identifying which candidates support particular firefighter-related policies and urging the public to promote whichever candidates hold positions favorable to firefighters.
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Leadership

Last updated 2025

Mark Phillips
Director; President and Treasurer
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$3.4M
All-Time Expenditures
$3.4M
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Aggregate Below Threshold
“Aggregate below threshold” is the sum of all contributions where the contributor donated less than $200 and their name does not need to be disclosed.
$3.2M
Bonnie Colson
$2,000
Pamela Lee
$1,700
Largest Recipients

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Insights
This organization uses a small percentage of its total expenditures for political contributions.
This organization gets a majority of its contributions from out of state.

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by United Firefighters Support Committee since 2021.

Contributions (All time)
$3.41M
Expenditures (All time)
$3.41M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that United Firefighters Support Committee has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

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2025

  • $22,335 in contributions
  • $45,182 in expenditures
January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025
Total contributions
$22,335
Total expenditures
$45,182
Final report

2024

  • $656,579 in contributions
  • $655,058 in expenditures
November 26, 2024 to December 31, 2024
Total contributions
$56,979
Total expenditures
$69,904
October 1, 2024 to November 25, 2024
Total contributions
$83,032
Total expenditures
$89,781
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$225,584
Total expenditures
$203,661
April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$125,608
Total expenditures
$116,718
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$165,376
Total expenditures
$174,994

2023

  • $1.1M in contributions
  • $1.1M in expenditures
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$527,021
Total expenditures
$553,600
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$535,392
Total expenditures
$562,403

2022

  • $960,106 in contributions
  • $917,799 in expenditures
November 29, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$60,088
Total expenditures
$61,593
October 1, 2022 to November 28, 2022
Total contributions
$149,594
Total expenditures
$138,332
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$329,136
Total expenditures
$296,335
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$228,205
Total expenditures
$225,047
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$193,083
Total expenditures
$196,492

2021

  • $712,852 in contributions
  • $678,730 in expenditures
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$551,998
Total expenditures
$528,685
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed January 27, 2022 at 10:39AM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$551,998
Total expenditures
$528,685
1st report
This report was processed January 27, 2022 at 10:09AM.
January 14, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$160,854
Total expenditures
$150,045

Tax-exempt political organizations that report receiving $25,000 or more a year must file Form 990, unless they meet certain criteria.

ProPublica found 1 form 990 on the IRS website filed by United Firefighters Support Committee. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
December 6, 2022 View form

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

Note: We make a best-effort attempt to not display street-level addresses for payments labeled as "salary."

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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