Mission - Connect and empower wildfire resilience leaders to improve wildfire outcomes in Colorado communities and landscapes. Programs include serving as a statewide network for wildfire resilience professionals, raising their collective voices to enable their work, and training including convening the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$54K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $73K a year · 18% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$54K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
3
named funders · $155K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$105K
-65% vs prior year
Net assets
$176K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$105K
FY2022▼ -65%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$21K
FY2021$296K
FY2022$105K
FY2023$368K
FY2024$478K
FY2025$456K
Expenses
—
FY2022
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$110K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$365K
FY2024$471K
FY2025$358K
Net assets
$176K
FY2022▼ -30%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$66K
FY2021$251K
FY2022$176K
FY2023$179K
FY2024$186K
FY2025$284K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990-EZ; $54K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$53,649Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rebecca Samulski’s $70K as Executive Director is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 825 $100K–1M public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rebecca Samulski$69,769$67,284$57,251$53,649$37,323$36,958

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Educates on wildfire mitigation and hosts the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference.

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2 programs · $110K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Educational outreach

$81Kprogram expense
02

Conducted Colorado Wildland Fire Conference.

$29Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$155K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $90K · 2023–2025
Individual RecipientFY2025$11,236
Individual RecipientFY2024$40,525
Individual RecipientFY2023$22,153
The Ember Alliance TeaFY2023$15,788

By the numbers

The FY2022 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$105K
Other income$105K
Owns and owes
$176K
net assets
Liabilities$5K
People
8
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$105K
Total revenue$105K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$5K
Net assets$176K
Operations
Employees4
Volunteers230
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $456K$358K$98K$284K 990 PDF
FY2024 $478K$471K$7K$186K 990 PDF
FY2023 $368K$365K$3K$179K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $105K$176K 990 PDF
FY2021 $296K$110K$185K$251K 990 PDF
FY2020 $21K$66K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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