Maryland Emergency Management Association Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522208129
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Ellicott City, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4103135931
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,219
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $53,067
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Emily Wesselhoff (President)
- Todd Tracey (First Vice President)
- Matthew Miziorko (Second Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Emily Wesselhoff (President)
- Vanessa Calaban (Secretary)
- Todd Tracey (First 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 Maryland Emergency Management Association (MDEMA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the field of emergency management through professional development, training, collaboration, and information sharing. The organization supports emergency management professionals across Maryland by providing educational opportunities, networking events, and resources that enhance preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities.
What it reported doing in 2025
MDEMA conducted its annual emergency management symposium, providing training, workshops, and networking opportunities for emergency management professionals and partner agencies. The event supported professional development and enhanced coordination across jurisdictions, strengthening statewide preparedness and response capabilities. The symposium included educational sessions, guest speakers, and collaborative exercises.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $91K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 3 of 5 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.