Liabilities / Assets
59th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Firefighter Ministries Inc
EIN 76-0633544 • 501(c)3 • Friendswood, TX
Profile
To provide at-need and long-term assistance to police, fire, and EMS agencies and to families who have experienced a line-of-duty fatality, suicide, or catastrophic injury. To provide mental health resources and referrals and support to first responders seeking mental health support.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
61st percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
94th percentile
Higher net margin than 94% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
84th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
95th percentile
Faster asset growth than 95% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
66th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 66% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$86,089
Up $52,881 (+159%) from 2023
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2023
Net Assets
Up$86,089
Up $52,881 (+159%) from 2023
Revenue
Up$78,726
Up $8,565 (+12%) from 2023
Expenses
Down$25,845
Down $30,345 (-54%) from 2023
Net Income
Up$52,881
Up $38,910 (+279%) from 2023
Trend Graphs
Filings
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $86,089
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $86,089
- Revenue
- $78,726
- Expenses
- $25,845
- Net income
- $52,881
Latest Filing Detail
Jump To
Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- Signed
- Oct 28, 2025
- Return Version
- 2024v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $78,726
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
To provide at-need and long-term assistance to police, fire, and EMS agencies, and to the families who have experienced a line of duty fatality or catastrophic injury.
To provide at-need and long-term assistance to police, fire, and EMS agencies and to families who have experienced a line-of-duty fatality, suicide, or catastrophic injury. To provide mental health resources and referrals and support to first responders seeking mental health support. Provide at-need support to first responders providing care and services during and after a disaster. Providing education on line-of-duty death and injury preparations to first responder agencies.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Line of Duty Death Response: This program is where we offer at-need assistance to families and first responder agencies that have suffered a line of duty death. A team of volunteers from our organization will travel to the affected department to assist with the funeral arrangements, crisis management, counseling, benefits filing, and referrals to local organizations for additional help. Team members will stay in the affected location in order to provide the services listed above. Each response requires a minimum of one volunteer but additional volunteers are utilized depending on the needs of the family and the affected agency. | $0 | $9,788 |
| Other programs include a lending library where we provide an extensive library for families, agencies, and volunteers to borrow books and resources on topics such as grief, suicide prevention, survivors guilt, crisis counseling, and trauma; Family Care Kits are provided to families and include pamphlets, brochures, books, and a small gift to aid in the comfort of their grief; Education is provided to police, fire, and EMS agencies as well as our volunteers to assist them in preparing for a LODD, LODI, suicide prevention, and suicide survival, this includes one-on-one and department-wide training; Our Task Force Awareness program reaches out to emergency service agencies and provides information about the Task Force provides and programs it provides; Our Honor Guard Program provides training to departments and individuals who wish to honor the fallen by standing watch over the body of a fallen First Responder. | $0 | $9,712 |
| Family Meet and Greets: This program allows family members an opportunity to meet with other survivor families and assist each other through the healing process. | $0 | $4,052 |
| Trauma Informed Care: This program provides information and resources to First Responders suffering from mental health issues caused by repeated exposure to trauma. | $0 | $4,000 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Norris | Chairman | FT | $0 | - | - |
| Billy Wusterhausen | Vice Chairman | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Matt Whisenant | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| John Babler | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Firefighter Ministries Inc
- EIN
- 76-0633544
- Phone
- 8327571499
- Address
- 16918 Serenity Cove Circle, Friendswood, TX 77546
Signing Officer
- Name
- Wendy Norris
- Title
- President/Chairman
- Phone
- 8327571499
- Signed
- 2025-10-28
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16
“Description;Amount^Line of Duty Death Response;9788|Family Support and Ongoing Care;4052|Trauma Informed Care for First Responders;4000|Education;5293^Total;23133^”
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