San Antonio Fire Museum Society Inc

“Decisions are made by committees on behalf of the board.”

“A member of the society who is not a director or officer reviews the form 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“Each interested person has a duty to disclose any actual or possible conflicts of interest to the directors and members of committees with governing board-delegated powers considering the transaction or proposed transaction or arrangement. The governing board or committee establishes all the relevant facts with the interested person. Then, in the absence of the interested person, the remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. Annually, each director, principal officer, key employee and member of a committee with governing board- delegated powers shall sign a statement indicating his/her understanding and compliance with the conflict of interest policy.”

“The board of directors establishes appropriate compensation of officers or key employees of san antonio fire museum society, inc. Information used to determine compensation levels are based on levels paid by other similarly situated organizations, independent compensation surveys and other relevant sources. The board reviews and approves compensation annually.”

“The governing documents of the society are made available to interested parties upon request.”

“The mission of the san antonio fire museum society is to preserve and share the heritage and history of fire fighting in san antonio, and to provide an educational experience of fire safety and fire prevention for children and adults.”

“The museum was on track to have a great fiscal year (july 2019 - june 2020) with visitor counts growing and net profit and donations looking very promising. However, on march 16th the museum closed its doors due to the covid-19 pandemic. The museum remained closed through the end of the fiscal year - a total of 15 weeks. It is uncertain when it will be safe to reopen. Prior to the museum closing its doors there were a total of 7,474 visitors. In this accounting period the society instructed 400 children and 175 adults in fire safety and prevention. The museum is totally operated by volunteers who dedicated over 11,500 hours during the reporting period. In january 2020, the museum adopted a 3-year strategic plan and continues to work on its implementation. In july 2019, the museum was pleased to receive congratulations from yelp, a business directory service and crowd-sourced online review forum, for achieving a 4.96 (out of 5) star rating. The museum volunteers eagerly anticipate the safe reopening of the museum”