FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2012

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Organization: FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC (EIN 76-0633544)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-07-25
IRS object ID: 201342109349200339
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-07-25T08:44:11-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	760633544	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FIRE	NameControl
Phone	8326476770	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 925	AddressLine1
City	Friendswood	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77549	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Wendy Norris	Name
Title	Chairman	Title
Phone	8326476770	Phone
Date Signed	2013-07-29	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	John Norris	Name
Phone	8327225070	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-07-29	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Schedule B Not Required	X	ScheduleBNotRequired
Web Site	www.texasloddtaskforce.com	WebSite
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Gross Receipts	123109	GrossReceipts
Info In Schedule O Part I	X	InfoInScheduleOPartI
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	16220	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtc
Program Service Revenue	0	ProgramServiceRevenue
Membership Dues	0	MembershipDues
Investment Income	0	InvestmentIncome
Gross Amount From Sale Of Assets	0	GrossAmountFromSaleOfAssets
Cost Other Basis And Sales Expenses	0	CostOtherBasisAndSalesExpenses
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets	0	GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssets
Gaming Gross Income	0	GamingGrossIncome
Fundraising Gross Income	102441	FundraisingGrossIncome
Special Events Direct Expenses	36682	SpecialEventsDirectExpenses
Special Events Net Income Loss	65759	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLoss
Gross Sales Of Inventory	0	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	0	CostOfGoodsSold
Gro Profit Loss Sales Of Inventory	0	GroProfitLossSalesOfInventory
Other Revenue Total	4448	OtherRevenueTotal
Total Revenue	86427	TotalRevenue
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	2265	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaid
Benefits Paid To Or For Members	0	BenefitsPaidToOrForMembers
Salaries Other Comp Empl Benefits	0	SalariesOtherCompEmplBenefits
Fees And Oth Pymt To Ind Contractors	1350	FeesAndOthPymtToIndContractors
Occupancy Rent Utilities And Maint	908	OccupancyRentUtilitiesAndMaint
Printing Publications Postage	2938	PrintingPublicationsPostage
Other Expenses Total	133234	OtherExpensesTotal
Total Expenses	140695	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-54268	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	50463	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Other Changes In Net Assets	0	OtherChangesInNetAssets
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-3805	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	50463	BOY
EOY	33047	EOY

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	50463	BOY
EOY	33047	EOY

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	50463	BOY
EOY	33047	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Primary Exempt Purpose	To provide at-need and long term assistance to fire and EMS agencies and to families who have experienced a line of duty fatality or catastrophic injury.	PrimaryExemptPurpose

Program Service Accomplishment ProgramServiceAccomplishment (4 entries)

Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccom	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocations	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpenses
Grants given to families of fallen firefighters so that they can pay utilities, groceries, and other living expenses	0	2265
Family retreat where families of fallen emergency service workers spent a a three day weekend together to provide each other encouragement, counsel, assistance. The organization also uses this time to provide extended care and counsel to these families	0	24677
Continued creation and expansion of lending library. Lending library contains books, periodicals, and other reading materials on grief, trauma, disability, counseling, PTSD, survivor guilt, etc	0	1802
Addition of one response trailer which contains items needed for a fire department to put together and perform a full honors funeral. This expense also covers purchasing items that were used in other trailers	0	12512

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	41256	TotalProgramServiceExpenses

Officer Director Trustee Key Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeKeyEmpl (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Avg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPosition	CompensationCompensation	Contri To Empl Benefit Plans EtcContriToEmplBenefitPlansEtc	Expense Account Other AllowancesExpenseAccountOtherAllowances
Wendy Norris
Chairman	50	0	0	0
Dennis Gifford
Vice Chairman	2	0	0	0
JoAnn Linnenkugel
Director	2	0	0	0
John Babler
Director	2	0	0	0
Barbara Marzean
Director	2	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRpt
Made Changes To Orgnzng Etc Doc	false	MadeChangesToOrgnzngEtcDoc
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBI
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtc
Direct Indirect Political Expend	0	DirectIndirectPoliticalExpend
Did Org File Form1120 POL This Year	false	DidOrgFileForm1120POLThisYear
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficers
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTrans
Amount Of Tax Imposed On Org Mgr	0	AmountOfTaxImposedOnOrgMgr
Amount Of Tax Reimbursed By Org	0	AmountOfTaxReimbursedByOrg
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	TX	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	John Norris	NamePerson

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 925	AddressLine1
City	Friendswood	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77549	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	8327225070	TelephoneNumber

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Maintain Any Donor Advised Funds	false	MaintainAnyDonorAdvisedFunds
Does Org Have Hospital	false	DoesOrgHaveHospital
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvided
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction With Control Entity	false	TransactionWithControlEntity
Engage Political Cmpgn Activities	false	EngagePoliticalCmpgnActivities
Engage In Lobbying Activities	false	EngageInLobbyingActivities
Operating School	false	OperatingSchool
Trnsfrs Exempt Non Char Related Org	false	TrnsfrsExemptNonCharRelatedOrg

Compensation Of Highest Paid Empl CompensationOfHighestPaidEmpl (5 entries)

NameName	TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek
Wendy Norris	Chairman	50
Dennis Gifford	Vice Chairman	2
JoAnn Linnenkugel	Director	2
John Babler	Director	2
Barbara Marzean	Director	2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Number Of Oth Empl Paid Over100k	0	TotNumberOfOthEmplPaidOver100k
Part VIA Hghst Paid Cntrct Prof Ser	NONE	PartVIAHghstPaidCntrctProfSer
Tot Num Cntrct Pd Over100 K Prof Ser	0	TotNumCntrctPdOver100KProfSer
Filed Schedule A	true	FiledScheduleA

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	16300	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	10300	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	116022	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	16220	CurrentTaxYear
Total	160142	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	16300	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	10300	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	116022	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	16220	CurrentTaxYear
Total	160142	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	0	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	160142	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	42580	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	103798	CurrentTaxYear
Total	146378	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	306520	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	0	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.522	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
General Explanation	Special events	GeneralExplanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Memorial Ride & Cook-Off	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	38908	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	0	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	38908	GrossRevenueEvent1
Cash Prizes Event1	0	CashPrizesEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event1	0	NonCashPrizesEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	5930	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	4541	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	4540	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	9837	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	Memorial Stair Climb	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	64891	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event2	0	CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	64891	GrossRevenueEvent2
Cash Prizes Event2	0	CashPrizesEvent2
Non Cash Prizes Event2	0	NonCashPrizesEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event2	9042	RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event2	0	FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Entertainment Event2	0	EntertainmentEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	2792	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Other Events	0	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Charitable Contrib Other Events	0	CharitableContribOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	0	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Cash Prizes Other Events	0	CashPrizesOtherEvents
Non Cash Prizes Other Events	0	NonCashPrizesOtherEvents
Rent Facility Costs Other Events	0	RentFacilityCostsOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events	0	FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Entertainment Other Events	0	EntertainmentOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	0	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	103799	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	0	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	103799	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Cash Prizes Total Events	0	CashPrizesTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	0	NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	14972	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	4541	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	4540	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	12629	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	36682	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	67117	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
1	Part I, Line 10	Grant money given to families of fallen firefighters for personal expenses such as utilities, groceries, mortgage assistance, and funeral expenses. This grant money helps compensate for the financial loss due to the line of duty death of a spouse or other family member.
2	Part I, Line 16	Program expenses including: response trailers, Line of Duty Death response, lending library, insurance, Fallen Firefighter Family Retreat, The Phoenix Project for the Injured Firefighter, travel of LODD education/consultations, meetings with families of fallen firefighters
3	Part I, Line 8	includes refunds and rebates; also includes refunds from fraudulent charges
4	Part III, Line 31	Addition of one response trailer which contains items needed for a fire department to put together and perform a full honors funeral. This expense also covers purchasing items that were used in other trailers

FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2012

Return header ReturnHeader

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestments

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildings

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Total Assets TotalAssets

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilities

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalances

Program Service Accomplishment ProgramServiceAccomplishment (4 entries)

Officer Director Trustee Key Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeKeyEmpl (5 entries)

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Compensation Of Highest Paid Empl CompensationOfHighestPaidEmpl (5 entries)

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Total170 Total170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Net UBI NetUBI

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

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