NATIONAL WATER SAFETY CONGRESS INC
EIN 48-0801385
What they do
THE NATIONAL WATER SAFETY CONGRESS is COMMITTED to CONTINUING THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ADVANCING THE PROMOTION of EDUCATION for THE SAFETY of RECREATIONAL WATER ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, and INTERNATIONALLY, BY ADDRESSING WATER RELATED RECREATION ACCIDENTS and DROWNING THROUGHOUT THE NATION to ACCOMPLISH THIS, THE CONGRESS WILL PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WATER SAFETY TRAINING and EDUCATION SEMINARS, THROUGH THE CREATION of EDUCATIONAL, HANDS-ON PROGRAMS and PROVIDING MATERIALS and CURRICULUM to TRAIN THE TRAINERS and OTHER WATER SAFETY PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ESTABLISH and SUPPORT LOCAL WATER SAFETY COUNCILS and ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS for THEIR REGIONS. AWARD PUBLICLY THOSE WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN WATER SAFETY EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS or IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTS or LOSS of LIFE DEVELOP, PUBLISH and DISTRIBUTE THE MOST CURRENT and PROVEN EFFECTIVE WATER SAFETY INFORMATION, INCLUDING PROVIDING HANDS-ON EDUCATIO
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Board and leadership roster (6)
ALAN BLANDVICE PRESIDENT
BOB OGOREUCDIRECTOR
BRUCE ROWEDIRECTOR
KEITH CHRISTOPHERPRESIDENT
MARK BROWNPAST-PRESIDENT
ZAC CAMPBELLTREASURER
About this charity
- Location
- PO BOX 4132, FRANKFORT, KY 40604
- County
- Franklin
- In care of
- MIKE FIELDS
- Primary officer
- MIKE FIELDS, Executive Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2018
- Tax period began
- October 1, 2018
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CHARLES T MITCHELL CO PLLC
- Revocation date
- February 15, 2023