Camp Fire First Texas

“Evie Richardson (El Tesoro Foundation Board member) is the mother-in-law of Ryan Barrera (our Chief Advancement Officer who left Camp Fire in 2025).”

“The irs form 990 is e-mailed to the board of directors and finance committee for review and comment prior to filing. If necessary, questions may be referred to the council's accounting firm, who prepared the form 990 with information provided by management.”

“The council requires the board of directors and appropriate committees to annually disclose any conflict of interest in a written statement to the board. Further, where there is a conflict or potential conflict, the board member is required to abstain from any vote related to such conflict.”

“The executive committee of the board serves as the compensation committee and is charged with setting compensation for the president/ceo on an annual basis. They are provided with a history of the ceo's compensation and benefits on an annual basis when reviewing proposed compensation for the following year. In addition, they are also provided information derived from irs 990 forms about the compensation of comparable local non-profit ceos and comparable ceos of other camp fire councils of similar size and scope within the united states. Information derived from salary studies of non-profit professionals in the dallas/fort worth area is also used to assist in determining compensation. The compensation package is approved through the budgeting process by the board of directors and documented on a personnel change record signed by the board chair.the ceo annually sets compensation for other key positions after reviewing salary surveys and salary and benefit compensation plans. The reviews for other key positions are documented through personnel change records signed by the ceo.”

“In addition, audited financial statements are available upon request. Governing documents, including the articles of incorporation, bylaws, and council policies, are also available upon request.”

“The net economic benefit from our annual fundraising events is calculated as follows:Contributions from fundraising events reported on Part VIII, line 1c $ 398,389Gross income from fundraising events reported on Part VIII, line 8a 89,401Less: Direct costs of events reported on part VIII, Line 8b (234,411) Net economic benefit of fundraising events $ 253,379”

“Youth Development added one new site at Aledo ISD in 2024 in Aledo ISD. Lynn McKinney Elementary School is located at 14748 Lynn McKinney Way in Aledo, TX 76008. Camp Fire provides afterschool care and program from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday.”

“In 2024 Camp Fire closed the Diamond Hill Station afterschool location. DHS was located at 2001 E Loraine St in Ft Worth, TX 76106. We provided afterschool care and program at this location during the school year Monday through Friday. Then in the Summer a day camp program for the community. The Diamond Hill community had a new community center open that met the after-school care needs in the community, and our services were no longer needed. The location was costing us a significant amount of money to operate so we made the decision to close it.”