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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EMBER ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,368,242
Total expenses
$2,358,459
Contributions and grants received
$1,443,141
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$919,345
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$5,756
Total assets, end of year
$1,306,871
Total liabilities, end of year
$844,627
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$462,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,871,037
Management and general expenses
$384,012
Fundraising expenses
$103,410
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,871,037

Program services were 79.3% 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)

    $1,337,065

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $106,076

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $919,345 · related or exempt $919,345

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,756 · related or exempt $5,756

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,756

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $205,921 · program services $164,737 · management and general $24,710 · fundraising $16,474

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,219,779 · program services $1,031,959 · management and general $118,306 · fundraising $69,514

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,611 · program services $33,579 · management and general $3,808 · fundraising $2,224

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,154 · program services $97,316 · management and general $11,222 · fundraising $6,616

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $120,198 · program services $100,966 · management and general $12,020 · fundraising $7,212

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,000 · management and general $3,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $111,680 · management and general $111,680

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,017 · program services $65,017

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,229 · fundraising $1,229

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,561 · program services $5,310 · management and general $11,110 · fundraising $141

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,764 · program services $6,024 · management and general $48,740

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $94,116 · program services $94,116

  • 17 · Travel

    total $183,197 · program services $173,925 · management and general $9,272

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $625 · management and general $625

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,118 · management and general $3,118

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,609 · program services $36,609

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,564 · program services $13,772 · management and general $15,792

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $35,060 · program services $35,060

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM/FIELD SUPPLIES

    total $11,460 · program services $11,460

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $6,223 · management and general $6,223

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $5,222 · program services $836 · management and general $4,386

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $351 · program services $351

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,217 · end of year $172,857

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $444,896 · end of year $764,926

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,460 · end of year $77,933

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

    $241,454

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

    $131,375

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $141,645 · end of year $110,079

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $84,473 · end of year $181,076

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $97,285 · end of year $88,337

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $62,333 · end of year $469,693

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $53,850 · end of year $117,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $76,762 · end of year $169,097

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $427,461 · end of year $462,244

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RESTORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND FIRE ON THE LANDSCAPE.

  • FIRE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - OUR TEAMS ASSISTED WITH PRESCRIBED BURNS ON 12,401 ACRES ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES, BUILT AND BURNED 203 PILES, AND TRAINED 327 STUDENTS IN FIRE AND WILDERNESS EMERGENCY MEDICINE COURSES. THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY PROGRAM PROVIDED PILE-BURNING HANDS-ON TRAINING TO 16 LANDOWNERS, HOSTED THE NORTHERN COLORADO PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING EXCHANGE (NOCO TREX) GRASSLANDS WORKSHOP FOR 39 FIRE PRACTITIONERS FROM 24 AGENCIES, AND WROTE 2 BURN PLANS FOR THE CITY OF GREELEY FOR THE NOCO TREX. THE INTEGRATED RESEARCH MANAGEMENT TEAM MANAGED A PRESCRIBED FIRE RESEARCH CAMPAIGN AT FORT STEWART, COORDINATING 92 RESEARCH PERSONNEL, DELIVERED 5 TECH TRANSFER WORKSHOPS TO 113 PARTICIPANTS ON FIRE BEHAVIOR MODELING TOOLS AND LIDAR, AND BEGAN PLANNING A CAMPAIGN INVOLVING NASA SENSOR PLATFORMS.

    Expenses $1,346,662 · Revenue $574,753

  • RESILIENT COMMUNITIES & ECOSYSTEMS PROGRAM - THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS DEPARTMENT (RCE) WORKED WITH THREE COLORADO COMMUNITIES TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLANS (CWPP), HELPING TO CREATE SAFER, FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES. WE COMPLETED THREE CWPPS FOR COAL CREEK CANYON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, NEDERLAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTY IN COLORADO. WE HELD THREE CWPP TRAINING COURSES - ONE EACH IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON FOR WILDFIRE PRACTITIONERS AND PLANNERS, AND THE OTHER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AS A PRE- CONFERENCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONFERENCE ATTENDEES. THIS REACHED OVER 90 PARTICIPANTS. ------------------- MORE DETAIL ON SCHEDULE O ------------------

    Expenses $524,375 · Revenue $344,592

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Mueller

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $108,338
    From this org
    $98,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,293
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sean McCormick

    COO

    Total calculated
    $97,583
    From this org
    $85,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,013
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Lasky

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Manuel Gant

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maya Daurio

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thadeus Suzenski

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2024
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202501279349302250

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