National Emergency Management and Response

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742603561
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-T 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2109051000
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,172,490
Expenses
$9,240,845
Assets
$6,726,972
Liabilities
$3,484,512

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Amaya (President)
  • Dennis Graves (Executive Director of Public and Private Sector Partnerships)
  • Justin Oldt (Executive Director - Preparedness and Response)
  • Ryan Pratte (Deputy Executive Director - Operations)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kevin Dinnin (Chairman of the Board): $1,826,428 total reported compensation
  • Claudia Oliveira (Treasurer): $499,412 total reported compensation
  • Kari Bass (Director): $372,578 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

National Emergency Management and Response (National EMR) provide comprehensive emergency management services to federal agencies. Through federal contracts, National EMR deploys qualified personnel and strategic resources to strengthen preparedness, support crisis response operations, and improve recovery outcomes nationwide.

What it reported doing in 2024

Disaster Readiness and Response Preparedness - National EMR operates a steady-state disaster readiness program that maintains trained personnel, response assets, and mission-critical equipment in a constant state of readiness. This program supports the activation of federal contracts executed by National EMR and includes recruitment, training, testing, maintenance, and regulatory compliance to ensure rapid and effective disaster response.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.5%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 2
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 55.6%; rating input score 56; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -41.3% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.5% of revenue deployed · 2.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $195K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.8M · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $133K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.