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FIRST RESPONDER CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE FOR REDUCING OCCUPATION

EIN 81-1890101 CROFTON, MD

Revenue 2023
$1,164,121
Expenses 2023
$1,088,412

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
M12
Classification
1200
Street
PRIEST BRIDGE DR STE 11

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FRCE IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, NATIONWIDE. OUR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES CONSTANTLY SHED NEW LIGHT ON CHALLENGES TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF FIREFIGHTERS, EMS PERSONNEL AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. IT'S ALL WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING LINEOFDUTY INJURIES AND DEATHS AS WELL AS OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES.

  • FIRE SERVICE PROGRAMS - THE FRCE IS A RESEARCH TO PRACTICE ENTERPRISE THAT BUILDS HEALTH AND WELLNESS PRODUCTS AND PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE WIDELY DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY. SOME OF OUR 2023 PROGRAMS INCLUDED: A WOMEN'S HEALTH ONLINE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING MODULE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUE IMPACT THE JOB HAS ON WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS. TOPICS INCLUDE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, INJURIES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND CANCER. THESE ONLINE MODULES WERE CREATED TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, ENHANCE DISSEMINATION, AND ENCOURAGE INCORPORATION INTO PRIMARY CARE AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FOR WOMEN IN THE FIREFIGHTING PROFESSION. CURBSIDE MANNER 2.0 ENTAILED REFINEMENT, PRODUCTION, AND THE CREATION OF AN E-LEARNING DELIVERY OF UPDATED CURBSIDE MANNER COURSE FOR FIELD PROVIDERS, WITH COMPONENTS FOR BOTH FIRE AND EMS. CURBSIDE MANNER WAS CREATED ALONGSIDE STRESS FIRST AID TO PREPARE FIREFIGHTERS TO APPLY THE CORE ELEMENTS OF SFA IN DAILY CARE OF PATIENTS AND CITIZENS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SERVICE, CONNECTION, AND QUALITY OF CARE WHILE HELPING ENSURE THAT THOSE WELL PRACTICED APPROACHES WOULD BECOME OUR DEFAULT RESPONSE TO ONE ANOTHER AS WELL.

    Expenses $634,976

  • HEALTH PROGRAMS - THE FRCE HELD A HEALTH & WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM JANUARY 19 & 20, 2023 IN ST. PETE'S BEACH, FL. PARTICIPANTS LEARNED ABOUT BUILDING RESILIENCE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WELLNESS, INJURY PREVENTION, PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, PHYSICAL FITNESS, PROPER NUTRITION, SLEEP DEPRIVATION, STRESS, MINDFULNESS, SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND MORE. OVER 40 TOPICS WERE DELIVERED BY SPEAKERS WHO ARE LEADERS AND PIONEERS IN FIRE SERVICE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. OVER 400 PARTICIPANTS OF THE HEALTH & WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM GAINED ACCESS TO RESOURCES, PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS TO TAKE BACK TO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS/DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT. THIS INCLUDED: PRIORITIES TO DEVELOP A TOTAL WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE SERVICE AGENCIES, HOW HEALTH AND WELLNESS CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO DEPARTMENTS EFFECTIVELY AND WHAT APPROACHES THOSE TASKED WITH BUILDING THE PROGRAM CAN TAKE, HOW TO OBTAIN PROGRAM BUY-IN, PROGRAM OUTREACH AND EVALUATE YOUR IMPACT TO STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS PRACTICAL STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES TO BUILD OR ENHANCE AND EXISTING PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    Expenses $67,439 · Revenue $111,463

  • FOUNDATION SUPPORT - THE FRCE DELIVERED 2-DAY WOMEN'S HEALTH & FITNESS WORKSHOPS AT THREE REPRESENTATIVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE NATION. FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS CAME TOGETHER TO LEARN VALUABLE TOOLS FOR SELF-CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, NUTRITION AND FITNESS. THESE INFORMATIVE WORKSHOPS WERE CREATED WITH INPUT FROM KEY CONSTITUENCY GROUPS, ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS, AND PRACTITIONERS AWARE OF CURRENT AND EVOLVING BEST PRACTICES CREATING THE FOUNDATION FOR BROAD SCALE DISSEMINATION AND DELIVERY THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $40,652

  • PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY OUTREACH, AND OTHER PROGRAMS - STRESS FIRST AID IS A BASIC BUT COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO EMBEDDED PEER SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY DERIVED FROM THE US NAVY/MARINE CORPS COMBAT AND OPERATIONS STRESS COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (AN ARM OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION). THIS PROJECT EXPANDS UPON INITIAL SUCCESS BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A MORE ACCESSIBLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE WEB-BASED DELIVERY PLATFORM AS WELL AS UPDATE CONTENT, AND TO SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE MODULES TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING SUICIDAL IDEATION BASED ON AN ADAPTATION OF THE US ARMY'S ACE MODEL. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION AND ASSISTANCE WITH ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

    Expenses $153,911

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ERNEST MITCHELL

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN GRANBY

    SECRETARY/TEASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARRY BALLIET

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN MICLOT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF FACKLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID HALFPENNY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHIEF RONALD SIARNICKI

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $311,960
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $277,300
    Other
    $34,660
    Hours/week
    1 + 64 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $199,386 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $40,549 related
    Other
    $0 + $37,365 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,056 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,604 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $311,960 related

  • CHARLES JASTER

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $172,576
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,053
    Other
    $18,523
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $149,337 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $4,716 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,476 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,047 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $172,576 related

  • EDWARD KLLIMA

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,499
    From this org
    $160,409
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,090
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,673
    Bonus
    $26,736
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,090
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $164,499

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,164,121
    Expenses
    $1,088,412
    Contributions
    $1,005,577
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,495,703
    Expenses
    $1,374,623
    Contributions
    $1,444,613
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,510,968
    Expenses
    $1,182,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $363,541

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $530,699
    Expenses
    $591,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $301,957

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $622,767
    Expenses
    $600,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,690

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $951,348
    Expenses
    $900,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $526,130

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $189,333
    Expenses
    $302,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $174,436

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $85,000
    Expenses
    $60,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,464

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SO.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.