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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GROUND ZERO EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$955,024
Total expenses
$803,852
Contributions and grants received
$249,359
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,822
Other revenue
$702,843
Total assets, end of year
$2,119,933
Total liabilities, end of year
$484,404
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,635,529
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$597,296
Management and general expenses
$11,476
Fundraising expenses
$195,080
Program service expenses (Part III)
$597,296

Program services were 74.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $29,702

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $219,657

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $17,146

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,822 · excluded $2,822

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $751,288

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $110,786

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $640,502 · excluded $640,502

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $124

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $67

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $57 · excluded $57

  • 11a · Other revenue: EMPLOYER RETENTION CREDITS

    total $62,284 · excluded $62,284

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $62,284

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $131,587 · program services $131,587

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,333 · program services $16,333

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $154,859 · fundraising $154,859

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,700 · program services $7,830 · management and general $435 · fundraising $435

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $249,220 · program services $216,337 · management and general $517 · fundraising $32,366

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,870 · program services $1,238 · management and general $1,935 · fundraising $697

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,042 · program services $4,380 · management and general $259 · fundraising $4,403

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $859 · program services $331 · management and general $264 · fundraising $264

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,784 · program services $43,784

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,530 · program services $20,916 · fundraising $614

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $822 · program services $182 · management and general $589 · fundraising $51

  • 20 · Interest

    total $18,459 · program services $18,459

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,258 · program services $41,843 · management and general $1,389 · fundraising $26

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,274 · program services $32,005 · management and general $949 · fundraising $1,320

  • 24a · Other expenses: VETERINARY SERVICES

    total $38,531 · program services $38,531

  • 24b · Other expenses: K-9 SUPPLIES & MATERIALS

    total $16,019 · program services $16,019

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK SERVICES FEES

    total $4,095 · management and general $4,095

  • 24d · Other expenses: K-9 SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,110 · program services $5,021 · management and general $1,044 · fundraising $45

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $250,124 · end of year $539,810

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $540,893 · end of year $560,258

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $235,000 · end of year $175,372

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $105,614 · end of year $7,026

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $54,360 · end of year $14,488

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,020,958

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $197,979

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $767,302 · end of year $822,979

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $174,485

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,802 · end of year $38,305

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $495,776 · end of year $446,099

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,128,700 · end of year $1,203,950

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $462,500 · end of year $431,579

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GROUND ZERO'S CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT IS TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTER AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL. WE ARE FOCUSED ON 2 MAJOR GOALS: TRAIN THE PEOPLE, AND TRAIN THE CANINES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTER AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH PROVISION OF HIGHLY TRAINED SAR CANINES AND FIRST RESPONDER TEAM TRAINING.

  • EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SEARCH AND RESCUE CANINE TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM GROUND ZERO PRODUCES HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SAR CANINES, VALUED AT 50,000, PLACES THEM WITH EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AT NO CHARGE, AND TRAINS THEM TO BE A TEAM. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES 18 MONTHS OF INTENSIVE CANINE TRAINING IN RUBBLE PILE, WILDERNESS, SCENT TRAILING, AND WATER RESCUE AND RECOVERY. TRAINING FOR SAR TEAMS INCLUDES STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE, SEARCH TACTICS, BASIC AND ADVANCED MEDICAL TRIAGE, RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS, HAZMAT, BASIC AND ADVANCED TECHNICAL RESCUE, AND MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS. CANINES LEARN TO SEARCH, LOCATE AND ALERT WHEN HUMAN SCENT IS DETECTED AND ARE TRAINED TO IGNORE ALL OTHER SMELLS. MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY LEARN TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE SCENT OF THE FIRST RESPONDER AND THE VICTIM WHO MIGHT BE BURIED BELOW THE RUBBLE. THIS SPECIALIZED TRAINING MEANS WHEN A TRAINED CANINE BARKS TO ALERT THE FIRST RESPONDER, THERE IS, IN FACT, A PERSON IN NEED OF RESCUING. CANINES ARE ALSO TRAINED TO NAVIGATE UNSTABLE FOOTING, INCLUDING COLLAPSED CONCRETE BUILDINGS WITH GLASS AND NAILS EVERYWHERE. OFF-LEASH TRAINING ENABLES THE CANINE, INDEPENDENT OF THEIR HANDLER, TO SEARCH THE SCENE OF A DISASTER MORE SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY THAN A HUMAN FIRST RESPONDER. IN 2016, THERE WERE ONLY 9 DOGS CERTIFIED IN OKLAHOMA TO RESPOND TO DISASTER EVENTS AND MOST WERE NEARING RETIREMENT AGE. OK TASK FORCE 1, COMPRISED OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FROM TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY, HAD BEEN ON A WAIT LIST FOR OVER 3 YEARS TO RECEIVE NEW CANINES, PUTTING THE TASK FORCE TEAMS IN BOTH CITIES IN A DIRE POSITION. GROUND ZERO ENSURES OK EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ALWAYS HAVE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CERTIFIED SAR CANINES REQUIRED TO DEPLOY AND PROVIDES ADVANCED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATIONS FOR SAR TEAMS. GROUND ZERO'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS, DISASTER RISK AWARENESS, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PRESENTATIONS IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

    Expenses $597,296

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brianna Baughman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Travis Brorsen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kory Coots

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Copeland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Denny

    COMMITTEE ME

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Dorman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Dunning

    COMMITTE MEM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nick Hathaway

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kacee Van Horn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ken Miller

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cindy Morrison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Samples

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rebecca M Switzer

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312709349301461

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