Logan Township Firemans Relief Assoc

“The board of directors is elected by the general membership. The board of directors then internally elects its officers annually at the january re-organizational meeting. The ltfra is a not-for-profit that is all volunteer based.”

“The return preparer emailed a copy of the final version of the irs form 990 to the board for review before it was filed.”

“The department adopted a conflict of interest policy that requires officers and board members to disclose interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest. The department pays no compensation and operates from volunteers. They see no existing relationships as posing conflicts to the department. The policy will be monitored by the officers of the board.”

“The department has no employees, so no compensation is paid. If an employee were hired, the decision would be at a board level and made by those independent of the hire.”

“The department has no employees. All work done for the department is on a volunteer basis. If the department were to give compensation in some way, it would be a board decision only by those independent.”

“All governing documents are made available to the public. They are maintained in the department office and can be viewed upon request.”

“A volunteer firefighters relief association is an organization formed primarily for the purpose of affording financial protection to volunteer firefighters against the consequences of misfortune suffered as a result of their participation in the fire service. The association also serves other purposes, provided only that adequate provisions be first made to serve its primary purpose. The logan township volunteer firemens relief association is affiliated with all of the following fire service organizations whom are all separate, legal entities: greenwood volunteer fire department, kittanning trail volunteer fire company, logan township united fire department, lakemont volunteer fire company, and newburg volunteer fire company. Expenditures of the relief association are for the benefit of the fire departments and members.”