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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,160,645
Total expenses
$1,035,168
Contributions and grants received
$1,160,645
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$252,565
Total liabilities, end of year
$986
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$251,579
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,035,168
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,035,168

Program services were 100.0% 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)

    $61,621

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,099,024

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $112,200 · program services $112,200

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $252,372 · program services $252,372

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,006 · program services $18,006

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,806 · program services $27,806

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $113,261 · program services $113,261

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $48,723 · program services $48,723

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,811 · program services $5,811

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,680 · program services $50,680

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,976 · program services $24,976

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,164 · program services $1,164

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,212 · program services $7,212

  • 24a · Other expenses: WATCH STANDER PROGRAM

    total $257,710 · program services $257,710

  • 24b · Other expenses: OVERWATCH PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $100,262 · program services $100,262

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL

    total $6,941 · program services $6,941

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $3,290 · program services $3,290

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,754 · program services $4,754

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $132,461 · end of year $249,646

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

    $4,918

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

    $1,999

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,083 · end of year $2,919

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5 · end of year $986

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $136,539 · end of year $251,579

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT, INC. IS TO END VETERAN SUICIDE IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP "GROUND UP" COMMUNITY-LED PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. THE CORNERSTONE PROGRAM IS THE WATCH STANDER PROGRAM, WHICH TRAINS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF VETERANS IN CRISIS AND TO DIRECT THEM TO THE CARE AND RESOURCES THEY NEED. THE FIRE WATCH ALSO COLLECTS VETERAN SUICIDE DATA TO TRACK ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND INFORM THE FUTURE GROWTH OF WATCH STANDER PROGRAM. THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.THEFIREWATCH.ORG.

  • OUR PRIMARY VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION INNOVATION IS THE WATCH STANDER PROGRAM. IT WAS LAUNCHED IN MAY 2020 AND IS AN UPSTREAM, ON-LINE AND IN- PERSON, EARLY INTERVENTION NETWORK OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TRAINED TO IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS OF VETERANS IN CRISIS AND TO DIRECT THOSE VETERANS TO THE RESOURCES THEY REQUIRE, INCLUDING THE VETERAN CRISIS LINE, 211 OR OUR VETERAN RESOURCES GUIDE. MODELED AFTER CPR, OUR WATCH STANDER PROGRAM IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS AVAILABLE FREE ON OUR WEBSITE. TRAINING TAKES JUST 30 - 45 MINUTES. WE TRAINED 6,500 WATCH STANDERS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023. OUR GOAL IS A NETWORK OF 10,000 WATCH STANDERS BY THE END OF 2025. TOTAL COST TO RUN THE PROGRAM IN 2023 WAS 777,458.

    Expenses $777,458

  • THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT INC. WAS AWARDED A GRANT BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN OCTOBER 2022 TO PROVIDE ADVANCED SUICIDE PREVENTION, SUICIDALITY SCREENING, AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING TO ALL FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS (FDVA) VETERAN CLAIMS EXAMINERS (VCES) AND COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS (CVSOS) ACROSS THE STATE. CALLED THE FLORIDA VETERAN OVERWATCH PROGRAM, IN-PERSON TRAINING SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN EIGHT LOCATIONS ACROSS FLORIDA THROUGH JUNE 2023. TOTAL COST TO RUN THE PROGRAM IN 2023 WAS 257,710.

    Expenses $257,710

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicholas Howland

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $112,200
    From this org
    $112,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alexander Balbir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Bean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tracey Bradley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Gillespie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • George Michael

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441359349309009

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