Firefighters Support Foundation Inc

“Ralph Mroz - President Barbara Mroz - Vice President, Finance and Compliance Husband and Wife *The Foundation has implemented mitigating controls to address the issues of segregation between Barbara and Ralph, these include budgetary oversight and review of financial operations of the Foundation by the entire Board of Directors.”

“Copies of the form 990 were distributed to each board member prior to filing. A Board meeting was then held to review the form 990 jointly and approve it.”

“A review of any possible infractions of the conflict of interest policy has been inserted into the agenda of each board meeting held.”

“The Firefighters Support Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors commissioned an independent "compensation reasonableness study" to benchmark the salaries for the Organization's three employees. Salary information was obtained for similar positions in comparable organizations in order to ascertain the reasonableness of salary levels. These three employees hold industry comparable positions of Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Videographer. Each employee's salary was compared to salary levels for single full-time salaried positions in similar organizations. "The results of the report determined that when reviewing comparability data and actual compensation amounts being paid to similar positions at similar organizations, the data supplied would seem to indicate that the proposed salaries for everyone fall within the range of expected norms." The board subsequently developed reviewed and approved employment contracts for the three employees. This action was noted in the board meeting minutes.”

“The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, form 1023, financial statements and form 990 available upon request. Interested parties can click on a link on the organization's website to send an email requesting the doucments, which will be sent to them by email. If they do not have an email address, the documents will be sent by US Mail if an address is provided.”

“FSF invested a significant amount of funds in promoting the new Active Shooter response program described in the section Training: Active Shooter Response: The Rapid Response & Treatment Model. This investment was made possible through the special fundraising campaign, Foundation for First Responders and Firefighters (FRFF). In addition to producing and distributing a video training program on the subject, FSF initiated, produced and promoted in-person seminars restricted to public safety”