HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC
EIN 27-5078437 · Disaster Preparedness & Relief Services (M20)
What they do
WE ENVISION A SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HEALTH of ALL PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANTS, ENVIRONMENTS, and THE PLANET ARE INTERCONNECTED, INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS. THIS is THE CORE PRINCIPLE of THE ALL HAZARDS, ONE HEALTH, ONE NATURE (AHOHN) FRAMEWORK. THE AHOHN FRAMEWORK, AN APPROACH THAT RECOGNIZES THE DEEP INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE HEALTH of PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANTS, and THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE HAS ENABLED US to DEVELOP INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS COMPLEX GLOBAL CHALLENGES-FROM CLIMATE CHANGE and HEALTH EQUITY to ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE and SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION. GUIDED BY THE AHOHN FRAMEWORK, WE SERVE PEOPLE, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, and ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE - ESPECIALLY DISABLED, DISADVANTAGED, HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED, UNDERSERVED, and UNSERVED POPULATIONS - THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, and COLLABORATION. THE INSTITUTES VALUES ARE EMBODIED IN THE EIGHT PILLARS of RESILIENCE - PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY, EDUCATION, EQUITY, COLLABOR
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They name their leaders16 people are listed in the latest report.
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How each $100 of revenue was used
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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No compensation was reported for these leaders. The complete board and leadership roster is shown below.
Board and leadership roster (16)
ALLISON A SAKARAEXECUTIVE DI
AMY L WALTERSDIRECTOR
ANDREA KEENERDIRECTOR
BRAD GUTNEYDIRECTOR
DAVID J BILLINGSLEYDIRECTOR
DONALD DONAHUEDIRECTOR
GREGORY SANTA MARIADIRECTOR
HEIDI CORDISECRETARY, T
MARK SAYAMPANATHANDIRECTOR
MAURICE A RAMIREZPRESIDENT
MORGAN COXDIRECTOR
ROBERT GILLIODIRECTOR
RYAN CHARKRADIRECTOR
SARAH DRAUGELISDIRECTOR
VERONICA PARDINIDIRECTOR
ZACHARY WALTERSDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2011
- Location
- 4800 BEN HILL TRL, LAKE WALES, FL 33898-5557
- County
- Polk
- In care of
- % MAURICE A RAMIREZ
- Primary officer
- ALLISON A SAKARA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BABIONE KUEHLER & COMPANY
- NTEE classification
- Disaster Preparedness & Relief Services (M20)
- IRS tax category
- Disaster Preparedness & Relief Services