Wildfire Network

“The Vice President, Ashley Rogers, is married to the President and Executive Director of the Wildfire Network, Chris Taylor Rogers. Because of this, the board made sure that the majority of the members were non family members, and the three remaining board members do not have a family or business relationship with any other board member.”

“As of 2021 there were no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing board, therefore no documentation for such committees was kept on file.”

“The Finance Director, Chandler Merritt, and the Executive Director, Chris Taylor Rogers, work alongside one another to complete the 990 form and the necessary schedules. Once completed, the Finance Director emails a pdf copy to all of the board members for reviewal. Once the majority of the remaining board members have sent confirmation of receipt of the 990 and its reviewal, the Finance & Executive Director discuss and make and any necessary adjustments submitted by the board. Once the adjustments have been made and the form is ready for submission, the Finance Director e-files the return with the IRS.”

“During December of 2021 all board members were sent a digital copy of the conflict of interest policy and each docu-signed a copy of it to be kept on file. If there are any conflicts, those are disclosed at the last meeting of the year, however there were no conflicts of interest for any of the board members during 2021. This will now be a part of the annual end of year board procedures to review and sign a copy of the conflict of interest policy.”

“At the end of each year, as part of the budgeting process, all staff salaries are reviewed and upon approval, are adjusted for the following year. The Executive Director approves all other staff members salary changes besides his own. Once the Finance Director and Executive Director have both agreed that a salary change needs to be made to the Executive Director's salary, he submits a request to the board for a change of salary. If all remaining board members agree to the salary adjustment, the Finance Director makes the necessary adjustments for the following year.”

“For access to all governing documents, the Wildfire Network discloses these upon request from the interested party. Financial statements from previous years and our Whistle Blower policy are on the footer of our main webpage www.wildfire.church.”

“The Wildfire Network started a food pantry during January 2021 to serve to local community with food needs. This has a net impact on the organizations Net Income/Loss, however there was a significant increase in the amount of in-kind donations and distributions this year as a response to formation and operation of the food pantry.”