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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNITED STATES MEGAFIRE RESPONSE ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,260,000
Total expenses
$1,076,485
Contributions and grants received
$1,260,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,040,190
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,216
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$863,974
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$645,173
Management and general expenses
$281,189
Fundraising expenses
$150,123
Program service expenses (Part III)
$645,173

Program services were 59.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,260,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $262,000 · program services $158,447 · management and general $48,903 · fundraising $54,650

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $152,308 · program services $92,109 · management and general $28,429 · fundraising $31,770

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,100 · program services $13,970 · management and general $4,312 · fundraising $4,818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,010 · program services $6,054 · management and general $1,868 · fundraising $2,088

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,135 · program services $16,410 · management and general $5,065 · fundraising $5,660

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $71,784 · program services $46,332 · management and general $25,452

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,281 · program services $543 · management and general $39,551 · fundraising $187

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $201,306 · program services $201,306

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $198,629 · program services $92,860 · management and general $54,819 · fundraising $50,950

  • 17 · Travel

    total $64,533 · program services $13,509 · management and general $51,024

  • 20 · Interest

    total $466 · management and general $466

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $13,806 · program services $20 · management and general $13,786

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $11,127 · program services $3,613 · management and general $7,514

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $754,191 · end of year $1,011,747

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $25,443

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $3,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,732 · end of year $176,216

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $680,459 · end of year $693,931

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $170,043

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO BUILD A TEAM OF FIRE PRACTITIONERS POLICY MAKERS ENTREPRENEURS AND ACTIVISTS TO SOLVE THE MEGAFIRE CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD A TEAM OF FIRE PRACTITIONERS POLICY MAKERS ENTREPENEURS AND ACTIVISTS TO SOLVE THE MEGAFIRE CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES. MEGAFIRE ACTION IS DEDICATED TO SECURING THE POLICY CHANGES AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SOLVE THE MEGAFIRE CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • POLICY ADVANCEMENT: RESEARCH, FORMULATION AND PARTNERS COLLABORATION TO INFLUENCE COMPREHENSIVE AND SOUND WILDFIRE POLICY. MEGAFIRE ACTION PARTICIPATED IN WEEKLY/MONTHLY CONVENINGS WITH INFLUENTIAL PARTNERS IN THE SPACE TO BUILD POLICY FOUNDATIONS FOR THE WILDFIRE INTEL CENTER, WORKFORCE CONCERN, ACCOUNTABILTY METRICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS (PRESCIBED FIRE VS. CATASTROPHIC FIRE).

    Expenses $406,376

  • INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: BUILT THE FOUNDATION FOR AN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TO PARTNER ON USMR'S GOAL OF SUPERCHARGING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD RESILIENT LANDSCAPES AND COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $102,717

  • COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING: ESTABLISHED FRAMEWORK TO BOLSTER THE MEGAFIRE ACTION BRAND; CONTINUED WORK ON PRESS STRATEGIES, EDUCATIONAL CONTENT & BLOGS, AND OP-ED WRITING OPPORTUNITIES. ENGAGED PUBLICIST, WEB DEVELOPMENT AND BRAND CONSULTANTS TO REFINE OUR PITCH AND EXPAND BEYOND PRESCRIBED FIRE TO TOTAL LANDSCAPE MITIGATION AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. TARGETED WRITINGS TO CONSIDER SINGLE AGENCY FOR WORKFORCE CONCERN.

    Expenses $136,080

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MATT WEINER

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $262,000
    From this org
    $262,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $262,000

  • GABRIEL KLEINMAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KIM MAI-CUTLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KATE DARGAN MARQUIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202531329349306933

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