The National Emergency Medical Services Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205848176
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Wind Lake, WI, USA
Phone
6122984567
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,156
Expenses
$24,968
Assets
$41,378
Liabilities
$109

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Zaiman (President)
  • Fred Claridge (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • David Zaiman (President)
  • Fred Claridge (Vice President)
  • Rick Murray (Treasurer)

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 National Emergency Medical Services Museum is dedicated to memorializing and commemorating the history of EMS and the professionals who provide emergency care to the sick and injured.

What it reported doing in 2025

Maintain website which is the primary museum resource provided to the public. Provided archival documents for 3 national documentary productions/ book publisher - 15 additional requests for historic material from students, educators and community members. Provide membership support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.4%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 28.6%; rating input score 29

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.4% of revenue deployed · 28.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.