2024-09-06T20:25:09-04:00 2023-12-31 902101759 Gurumukh CPA Inc 2572 Spring Blvd Eugene OR 97403 990 2023-01-01 201094311 Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology FIRE 2852 Willamette Street STE 125 Eugene OR 97405 Timothy Ingalsbee Executive Direc 5413387671 2024-03-30 false true Gurumukh S Khalsa P00439192 5415156468 2024-09-06 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z 241442 false X fusee.org X 2004 OR Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology (FUSEE) engages in public education and policy advocacy promoting safe, ethical, ecological fire management. 6 6 5 21 0 124608 236858 500 416 1003 1030 -229 126054 238132 2100 260 0 90614 116801 0 39732 41825 68035 134539 185096 -8485 53036 109517 162553 0 109517 162553 X Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology (FUSEE) engages in public education and policy advocacy promoting safe, ethical, ecological fire management. true false 76697 260 21 Part 3, Line 4a: See schedule O. 30237 500 Part 3, Line 4b See schedule O 106934 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false false true false true false false true false false OR X Timothy Ingalsbee 5413387671 2852 Willamette Street Unit 125 Eugene OR 97405 Timothy Ingalsbee Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 68750 0 4917 Alex Froom Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Taro Pusina Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Conrad Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joseph Fox Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Megan Bolton Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rich Fairbanks Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Karen Wood Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mike Beasley President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tom Ribe Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Miriam Valentine Vice President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 68750 0 4917 0 false false false 9377 227481 1290 236858 Honorariums 541990 500 500 500 1003 1003 1040 9377 1290 -250 -250 2041 2020 21 21 238132 500 21 753 X 260 260 73667 42948 12302 18417 33341 20454 7730 5157 186 110 35 41 9607 5769 1753 2085 825 275 550 9791 9791 25817 12434 1725 11658 1286 1286 5348 1522 3252 574 801 726 75 7205 4198 1207 1800 11007 11007 5523 5523 Memberships and Licenses 432 422 10 185096 106934 38430 39732 1489 31445 108028 129828 1280 109517 162553 0 0 X 109517 32716 129837 109517 162553 109517 162553 53036 0 X false false false X 45650 171673 87697 124608 236858 666486 45650 171673 87697 124608 236858 666486 318007 348479 57 186 416 1003 1662 21 21 668169 0.52150 0.90440 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 185096 185096 37019 9255 27040 26908 37019 90967 136451 12300 272 12572 6760 6727 9255 22742 34113 Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The executive director, board treasurer, and board finance committee do a thorough review of the 990 before it is filed, and then copies are provided to all board members. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c Any potential conflicts of interest are identified by those involved, disclosed to the board, and then are resolved in accordance with our conflict of interest policy. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a Compensation for the executive director is determined and approved by an independent committee of the board. Methods used may involve using comparable data from similar organizations. This process is documented and the salary change for the executive director was approved by an independent committee of the board. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 All forms are available upon request and available on Guidestar Significant program services not listed on prior year return Part III line 2 FUSEE brought on a fiscally sponsored project in 2023, the FireGeneration Collaborative (FireGen). FireGen aims to reimagine and transform fire culture, community governance access, and equitable solutions by centering Indigenous leadership and diverse young generations. FireGen envisions a fire world where decision-making centers the most-impacted stakeholders, especially diverse young generations and Indigenous communities. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g line 11 G. Other fees for services Graphics Design & Art $ 90 Marketing Services 4,881 Outreach Coordinator 3,423 Video Production 200 Other Contractors 5,265 Payroll Mgmnt Related Fees 360 FireGen Services 11,598 Total $ 25,817 Part III response or note to any other line in Part III Part 3, Line 4a: From our program work in education and outreach, organizing and advocacy, FUSEE had the following accomplishments:In our work providing solidarity with Indigenous fire practitioners, we served on the steering committee for the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, helping to bring an unprecedented number of Native attendees and activities on Indigenous fire stewardship. We organized 12 different events featuring Native speakers and topics including a plenary keynote speaker, breakout sessions, roundtable discussions, technical workshops, and formal meetings, and helped Native elders and youth travel to this conference. We also hosted a webinar series on cultural burning that featured Indigenous fire practitioners that attracted a national audience. We helped local Indigenous partners engage in local media and outreach events. We also provided technical support for several prescribed/cultural burns in western Oregon.In our work organizing grassroots activists in the Pacific Northwest Forest/Climate Alliance we provided two educational webinars on Indigenous cultural burning, co-chaired the Alliances Wildfire Working Group, developed strategic messaging for media outreach, and created a series of social media reels and stories. We led the Alliances campaign on the U.S. Forest Services Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) amendment, helping our conservation partners organize a public rally and two workshops for raising informed public engagement. In our policy advocacy work, FUSEE nominated and supported the program director of our fiscally-sponsored project, the FireGeneration Collaborative, to serve on the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) for the Forest Services Northwest Forest Plan Amendment. FUSEE attended each FAC meeting in 2023 to provide oral and written testimony, monitor proceedings, and analyze the committees draft documents. In these roles and activities FUSEE and FireGen helped develop dozens of new policy proposals for forest/fire management in the national forests of the Pacific Northwest. Additionally, members of FUSEEs Advisory Council served on the Biden Administrations Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission and we offered policy recommendations through them. FUSEE played a prominent role in the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. This was the worlds largest gathering of wildland fire scientists and managers in 2023 and was an historic event given an unprecedented number of Indigenous people from around the world. FUSEE served on the conference steering committee, and co-chaired the subcommittee tasked with increasing Indigenous peoples participation in the conference. FUSEE also successfully nominated FireGens program and research directors for a joint plenary keynote address. Several FUSEE board members gave oral presentations, and we hosted two poster presentations and an exhibit booth that was located front and center in the conferences exhibit hall. In our media outreach work we were quoted in a total of 28 print or broadcast news stories in 2023, including the Los Angeles Times (twice), Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, Oregonian (twice), Statesman-Journal (twice), and several public radio broadcasts. We also were featured in the documentary, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire, and supported its national tour of film festival screenings.Part 3, Line 4b: FireGeneration Collaborative: FUSEE supports the FireGeneration Collaborative (FireGen) through fiscal sponsorship and mentorship. FireGens mission is to center Indigenous and youth leadership to reimagine and transform fire culture, community governance access, and equitable solutions. In 2023, FireGen initiated one of the first youth panels to ever be consulted by a federal commission. Their Next Generation Panel presented policy ideas for the Biden Administrations Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. They testified to the many barriers and hostile cultural elements for underrepresented communities in the wildland fire workforce, and several of FireGens policy recommendations for workforce development were adopted and included in the Commissions final report to Congress.FireGens program director, a 23-year-old Indigenous fire practitioner and wildland firefighter, was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) working on the Forest Services Northwest Forest Plan amendment. He is the youngest member ever to serve on a FAC, and was was elected by fellow members to be co-chair of the Tribal Inclusion Subcommittee. The 21-member FAC is developing policy recommendations for the first major changes in the 30-year old Northwest Forest Plan. FireGen and FUSEE staff supported his work on the FAC by conducting fire science and policy research, analyzing agency documents, and helping draft policy ideas. FireGens entire organizing team participated in the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. They presented a keynote plenary speech, facilitated a formal workshop, led an informal roundtable discussion, and hosted an exhibit booth with FUSEE. This was an historic event with an unprecedented attendance by Indigenous people and students/young people. FireGen hosted an arts and education-focused workshop on Reimagining Fire, and organized a Good Fire Futures art contest for students and young people to help envision a good fire future. In 2023 FireGen launched its Fire Futures Action Research Project by holding several workshops with students and young people to discover what younger generations need and want in order to participate in the fire management workforce. This was the initial action to help develop a survey and focus groups for a larger research project to be conducted in 2024. FireGen appeared in several media stories in 2023 including the Oregonian, Teen Vogue, Yes! Magazine, Fast Company, and appeared in a broadcast on Indian Country Today.