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FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2020

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Organization
FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC (EIN 76-0633544)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-06-15
IRS object ID
202141669349200239
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2021-06-15T12:25:42-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2020-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2020-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN760633544EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlFIREBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone8327571499PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 925AddressLine1Txt
CityFriendswoodCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP77549ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonWendy NorrisPersonNm
Person TitlePresident/ChairmanPersonTitleTxt
Phone8327571499PhoneNum
Signature2021-06-15SignatureDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer1TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification11OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Last Submission Rqr OOB0LastSubmissionRqrOOBCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL2AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2020TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Addresswww.texasloddtaskforce.comWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$38,542GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$22,580ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue$0ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross$0SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale$0CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets$0GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Gaming Gross Income$0GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income$10,711FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses$5,062SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss$5,649SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory$0GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$0CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry$0GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryAmt
Other Revenue Total$5,251OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue$33,480TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid$211GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$0SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$0FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$2,755OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$589PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$36,314OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$39,869TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year-$6,389ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$14,765NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$8,376NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,765BOYAmt
EOY$8,376EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,765BOYAmt
EOY$8,376EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,765BOYAmt
EOY$8,376EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt PurposeTo provide at-need and long-term assistance to police, fire, and EMS agencies, and to the families who have experienced a line of duty fatality or catastrophic injury.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (4 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxtGrants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmtProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Line of Duty Death response: This program is where we offer at-need assistance to families and first responder agencies that have suffered a line of duty death. A team of volunteers from our organization will travel to the affected department to assist with the funeral arrangements, crisis management, counseling, benefits filing, and referrals to local organizations for additional help. Team members will stay in the affected location in order to provide the services listed above. Each response requires a minimum of one volunteer but additional volunteers are utilized depending on the needs of the family and the affected agency.$0$5,780
Family Assistance: This program is where we offer at-need assistance to the families who have suffered a line of duty death or a catastrophic line of duty injury. We will assist the families with financial needs by providing assistance in paying for immediate needs, such as bills, groceries, and health care.$0$2,674
COVID 19 Emergency Fund: This program is where we provide at-need assistance to first responders who were faced with financial burdens linked to their exposure to COVID, such as disinfecting their homes or providing supplies for them to use to protect themselves against the spread of COVID.$0$5,619
Other programs include a lending library where we provide an extensive library for families, agencies, and volunteers to borrow books and resources on topics such as grief, suicide prevention, survivors guilt, crisis counseling, and trauma; Family Care Kits are provided to families and include pamphlets, brochures, books, and a small gift to aid in the comfort of their grief; Education is provided to police, fire, and EMS agencies as well as our volunteers to assist them in preparing for a LODD, LODI, suicide prevention, and suicide survival, this includes one-on-one and department-wide training; Our Task Force Awareness program reaches out to emergency service agencies and provides information about the Task Force provides and programs it provides$0$4,987
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$19,060TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmtEmployee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmtExpense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Wendy Norris
Chairman40$0$0$0
Billy Wusterhausen
Vice Chairman10$0$0$0
Matt Whisenant
Director10$0$0$0
John Norris
Director10$0$0$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt0ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt0ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI0OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc0OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend$0DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Form1120 Pol Filed0Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers0MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr$0TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization$0TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is FldTXStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJohn NorrisPersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 925AddressLine1Txt
CityFriendswoodCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP77549ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone8327571499PhoneNum
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds0DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided0TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent0TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd EmplNONEPartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule AYes (1)FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$68,427CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$45,657CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$58,548CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$22,579CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$22,581CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$217,792TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$68,427CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$45,657CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$58,548CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$22,579CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$22,581CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$217,792TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$217,792PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$15,375CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$32,890CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$9,290CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,940CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$15,962CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$77,457TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$295,249TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.73766PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.71919PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests PY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsPY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part II, Line 10FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationIncome from fundraising, rebates, and refundsExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8Refunds and rebates from purchased items, refunds from deposits paid for fundraising events canceled due to COVID
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10Volunteer appeciation
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Program expenses including Line of Duty Death and Injury responses, COVID Emergency Fund for First Responders, lending library, insurance, travel for LODD education and consultations, meeting with the families and departments of fallen and injured emergency service workers, training for volunteers, Task Force awareness, Family Care kits, office supplies, and refund of fundraising event registrations because of event cancelation due to COVID.

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationWe called the IRS in May and were advised because we are in Texas, all filing dates were extended until June 15, 2021, because of the freeze disaster which caused electrical power interruption in February 2021.ExplanationTxt

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