WALLACE BARNETT JR CISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
EIN 81-3738865 · Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C. (M99)
What they do
THIS NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION is NAMED AFTER A MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE to PROTECTING and SERVING THE PUBLIC IN THE FIRE SERVICE, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SERVED THE HEALTH and WELFARE of ALL FIRST RESPONDERS. IT WAS FORMED to SUPPORT THE ORGANIZED TRAINING and CONTINUING EDUCATION of MEMBERS of THE NEBRASKA CRITICAL INCIDENT STREE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, to ENHANCE THE PROVISION of COMPETENT, EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED, and TIMELY SERVICES to NEBRASKAS FIRST RESPONDERS. RESEARCH HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT MANY FIRST RESPONDERS SACRIFICE A GREAT DEAL for THE PUBLIC GOOD, and IN DOING SO OFTEN EXPERIENCE UNDUE STRESS, TRAUMA, and DISRUPTION of BOTH THEIR PROFESSIONAL and PERSONAL LIVES to THE EXTENT THAT THERE is SERIUOS RISK to THEIR HEALTH and WELFARE, and SUBSEQUENTLY to THE PUBLIC WELFARE. IT is HOPED THAT THE SUPPORT FROM THIS FOUNDATION MAY IN SOME SMALL MEASURE REPAY ALL THAT HAS BEEN SO FREELY GIVEN.
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They name their leaders4 people are listed in the latest report.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (4)
DEBRA KUHNTREASURER
JON B KAYNEVICE PRESIDE
KARLA HOUFEKSECRETARY
RANDY RUHGEPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- PO BOX 161, FIRTH, NE 68358-0161
- County
- Lancaster
- In care of
- % KARLA J HOUFEK
- Primary officer
- DEBRA KUHN, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SHOTKOSKI & ASSOCIATES PC
- NTEE classification
- Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C. (M99)
- IRS tax category
- Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C.