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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROUND ZERO EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$754,187
Total expenses
$611,361
Contributions and grants received
$1,132,135
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,450
Investment income
$22,899
Other revenue
-$402,297
Total assets, end of year
$2,373,645
Total liabilities, end of year
$420,620
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,953,025
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$582,162
Management and general expenses
$21,103
Fundraising expenses
$8,096
Program service expenses (Part III)
$582,162

Program services were 95.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $839,856

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $292,279

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $42,177

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING INCOME

    total $1,450 · related or exempt $1,450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,299 · excluded $23,299

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $400

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$400

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$400 · excluded -$400

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $70,847

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $839,856

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $477,096

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$406,249 · excluded -$406,249

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,179

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,573

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,606 · unrelated business $2,606

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1,346 · related or exempt $1,346

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,346

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $250,849 · program services $244,438 · management and general $6,411

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,356 · program services $8,888 · management and general $468

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,444 · program services $17,522 · management and general $922

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,800 · program services $3,420 · management and general $190 · fundraising $190

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,401 · program services $8,931 · management and general $470

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,912 · program services $13,420 · management and general $746 · fundraising $746

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,925 · program services $9,833 · management and general $546 · fundraising $546

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $103,500 · program services $93,150 · management and general $5,175 · fundraising $5,175

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,023 · program services $1,922 · fundraising $101

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,185 · program services $1,067 · management and general $59 · fundraising $59

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17,105 · program services $17,105

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $83,228 · program services $79,067 · management and general $4,161

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,477 · program services $12,803 · management and general $674

  • 24a · Other expenses: VETERINARY SERVICES

    total $30,867 · program services $30,867

  • 24b · Other expenses: K-9 FOOD

    total $18,668 · program services $18,668

  • 24c · Other expenses: K-9 SUPPLIES & MATERIAL

    total $15,141 · program services $15,141

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE FEES

    total $5,425 · program services $4,881 · management and general $273 · fundraising $271

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,055 · program services $1,039 · management and general $1,008 · fundraising $1,008

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $104,004 · end of year $96,275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,192,873 · end of year $1,006,005

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $3,003

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,005

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,870 · end of year $12,000

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

    $1,461,651

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

    $214,294

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $934,585 · end of year $1,247,357

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $340 · end of year $9,799

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $428,793 · end of year $410,821

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,758,706 · end of year $1,851,532

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $101,493 · end of year $101,493

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

  • EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SEARCH AND RESCUE CANINE TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM 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 BENEATH 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 WAITLIST FOR OVER 3 YEARS TO RECEIVE NEW CANINES, PUTTING THE TASK FORCE TEAMS IN BOTH CITIES IN A DIRE POSITION. GROUND ZERO ENSURES OKLAHOMA 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 $582,162 · Revenue $2,796

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ken Miller

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Dorman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Travis Brorsen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kory Coots

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Copeland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Hathaway

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Morrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kacee Vanhorn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Trachtenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rosslyn Biggs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Switzer

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Brownell

    TRAINER

    Total calculated
    $128,214
    From this org
    $128,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349321257

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