After deciding I had better look into charitable organizations that solicite my financial support, I have discovered that there are a vast amount of unscrupulous organizations. To aid in my research, I have stumbled upon a great website entitled "Charity Navigator". It gave me a path to pull up the IRS 990 forms that charitable organizations are required to file. WOW!! What an eye opener!! The majority of the charities to which I had been sendiing money had 10% or less of their contributions going to those they purport to represent. I unfortunately gave money to "the Metro Firefighters Association" without checking them out. I cannot find them or their 990 forms online. I have used their Fed Tax ID# of 73-0957897 online but get nothing. Soooooo I will no longer be sending money to them. Hope this helps someone who is looking for information on them.
They are a non profit company that has little if any connection to, and do not fund or represent fire fighters in the Oklahoma City area. They are misleading the public for money and should be stopped. Send your thank you checks to real firefighters.