Fitch Ems Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872739236
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Platte City, MO, USA
- Phone
- 8164312600
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,107
- Expenses
- $50,575
- Assets
- $78,912
- Liabilities
- $18,873
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANTHONY MINGE (PRESIDENT)
- STEVE KNIGHT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- HANNAH FITCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JOSPEPH FITCH (BOARD MEMBER (END 11/21/25))
- ANTHONY MINGE (PRESIDENT)
- STEVE KNIGHT (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The fitch ems foundation is a non-profit entity that supports leadership development and research efforts for emergency medical services and public safety. The foundation also promotes leadership diversity, awareness of health equity needs, and improved engagement among service leaders and the communities they serve.
What it reported doing in 2025
The foundation will provide assistance and support to individuals and organizations engaged in emergency medical and public safety services. Grants will allow individuals to attend leadership development and similar educational programs as well as support diverse individuals and/or individuals with limited financial means. The foundation may also support education and research activities of other organizations focused on emergency medical services and public safety services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.4%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 120% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 47.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.4% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.