The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors

What it reported doing in 2025

Line 16, Other Expenses - Annual Convention and Military Show expenses. Line 24, Other Assets - Approximate value of Trading Post Back Issues and printed catalogs in Stock. Line 26, Total Liabilities - Uncompleted Trading Post subscription obligations to first Class Members. Part III - Statement of Program Service Accomplishments. To educate members and the general public in the collection, study and preservation of military insignia, uniforms, and other memorabilia plus history of the United States military forces. Accomplishments and Activities: Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 28 - First Accomplishment ASMIC has furthered knowledge of American Military Insignia and history through the printing and distribution of 800 copies (quarterly) of our full color magazine "The Trading Post" which is 64 pages per issue. This publication contains numerous articles and columns that educate collectors and document insignia and other memorabilia (such as photos, documents, uniforms, etc.) of US and foreign military forces. Free copies of the Trading Post are provided to the Institute of Heraldry, Fort Belvoir, Va., and to other non-profit facilities such as museums and libraries on request. Expenses include editing, publishing and mailing. ASMIC also produces a quarterly "Newsletter" which provides open communications to all members. The Newsletter is available online at the ASMIC website. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 29 - Second Accomplishment ASMIC develops and publishes numerous ASMIC insignia catalogs (50 different) and books on military insignia, which are available to members and the public at very reasonable prices. Again, copies of these publications are donated to the Institute of Heraldry and provided to other museums and libraries on request. ASMIC also assists collectors and researchers in the publication of privately developed insignia and military history books. Expenses include on demand printing and mailing costs. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 30 - Third Accomplishment ASMIC hosts an annual Convention and Military Show. A highlight of each convention are the displays of military insignia developed by our members. Part of each convention is to conduct educational seminars, which are open the public. Our 2026 Convention was held at the MAPS Museum in North Canton, OH in July 2026, and was attended by over 400 members and public who were buying, selling or trading and viewing the display tables. Our 2027 National Convention will be held again in at the MAPS Museum in North Canton, OH., in July 2027. Expenses include Hall rental, advertising, table rental, security and insurance. ASMIC maintains our society library run by our librarian located at Gettysburg, Pa. We respond to inquiries for information on insignia and other military history items each week and will provide physical copies of excerpts from our reference materials as needed. We estimate we receive over 200 inquiries each year. Our librarian has totally reorganized and improved the physical setup of all reference materials. ASMIC maintains a dynamic and constantly improving internet website at "www.asmic.org" with much information available to the general public. This information includes ways to contact society officers for information or assistance. ASMIC volunteers recently completed digital conversion of over 89 years of the Trading Post, which are available on the website. Additionally, volunteers have indexed every article, photo and item of insignia pictured in the Trading Post for the past 89 years. The index is fully searchable. An inquiry through the website will bring up every instance of the particular item ever published in the Trading Post. These Digital issues are available to members and to the general public on a limited basis. As each issue of the Trading Post is published, they are indexed and a digital copy is added to the website. We have improved our internet website to include a Officer Contact List and continue to improve the website with new featu

Financial Efficiency

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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: 2.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings