St Mary's Ems

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Detroit Lakes, MN501(c)(3)Since 1995Health CareEIN 41-1805811Revenue $14.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSessentiahealth.org1027 Washington Ave, 56501-3409 · Detroit Lakes, MNTax-exempt since Jul 1995Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$832K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $81K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$832K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 83% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2.1M
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$14.9M
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$15.9M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$8.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$14.9M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$11.8M
FY2022$12.1M
FY2023$12.6M
FY2024$13.3M
FY2025$14.9M
Expenses
$15.9M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$11.2M
FY2022$11.8M
FY2023$13.6M
FY2024$13.6M
FY2025$15.9M
Net assets
$8.7M
FY2025▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.6M
FY2021$10.8M
FY2022$9.8M
FY2023$9.2M
FY2024$9.3M
FY2025$8.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1995.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $14.2M Management & general 11% · $1.7M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $832K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Emergency Medical Srvcs Snr Director
$184,668Pt VII · Sec A
$138,239Pt VII · Sec A
$134,801Pt VII · Sec A
$128,826Pt VII · Sec A
Emergency Medical Srvcs Snr Manager
$128,292Pt VII · Sec A
Paramedic
$116,750Pt VII · Sec A
President & Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Rel Org Chief Fincl Off
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Newton’s $185K as Emergency Medical Srvcs Snr Director is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Joseph Newton$184,668$165,991$163,313$161,087—
Brook Simonson$138,239$153,235$140,587——
Sandra Masche$116,750$126,176$143,117$137,223—
Stephen Sovada$134,801$119,954$139,606$135,703—
Brandon Winger—$134,827———
Randal Athmann——$134,621$124,608—
Nathan Siem——$130,519——
Ryan Gustafson$128,826———$109,792

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $14.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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ST. Mary's ems, dba essentia health ems, is created and organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes. More specifically, essentia health ems is created and organized to own, maintain, operate and conduct, directly or indirectly, emergency medical and transportation services and to assist and…

$14.2Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$14.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$14.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$317K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$275K
Money outPt IX
$15.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$14.2M
Managementcol C$1.7M
Owns and owesPt X
$8.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$824K
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$275K
Government grantsLn 1e$241K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$14.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$317K
Gains on assetsLn 7$170K
Total revenueLn 12$14.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$133K
SavingsLn 2$692K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$824K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.6M
Other assetsLn 15$146K
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$8.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5181
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$824K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.4M$5.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$10.3M$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$9.3M$8.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$233K$233K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8.5M$8.2M$330K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$310K$294K$17K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.1M$986K$106K
Payroll taxesLn 10$675K$631K$44K
Investment management feesLn 11f$18K$18K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$55K$51K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$242K$217K$25K
Information technologyLn 14$94K$90K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$221K$212K$9K
TravelLn 17$491K$384K$107K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$1K$4K
InterestLn 20$904$904
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$656K$631K$25K
InsuranceLn 23$89K$89K$656
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.1M$2.3M$772K
All other expensesLn 24e$137K$126K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$15.9M$14.2M$1.7M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $14.9M$15.9M−$958K$8.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $13.3M$13.6M−$236K$9.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $12.6M$13.6M−$925K$9.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $12.1M$11.8M$330K$9.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $11.8M$11.2M$605K$10.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.4M$2.7M$698K$9.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $14,938,000 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $98,929$274,711
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $13,060,317$14,345,969
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $181,751$317,320
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,850$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $13,342,847$14,938,000
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $9,287,995$10,824,941
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,291,292$5,070,895
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $13,579,287$15,895,836
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$236,440−$957,836
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $14,938,000 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$925
VIII-1e Government grants$241,102
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$32,684
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$274,711
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $14,345,969$14,345,969
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $147,129$147,129
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $170,191$170,191
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14,345,969 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $317,320$14,938,000
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $15,895,836 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $232,850$232,850
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,184,750 · Management $329,759$8,514,509
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $293,507 · Management $16,688$310,195
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $986,109 · Management $106,030$1,092,139
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $631,308 · Management $43,940$675,248
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $17,730$17,730
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $51,338 · Management $3,824$55,162
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $216,742 · Management $25,016$241,758
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $90,026 · Management $3,627$93,653
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $212,210 · Management $8,550$220,760
IX-17 TravelPrograms $383,931 · Management $106,912$490,843
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,313 · Management $3,517$4,830
IX-20 InterestPrograms $904$904
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $631,041 · Management $25,424$656,465
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $88,516 · Management $656$89,172
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,290,125 · Management $772,402$3,062,527
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $126,231 · Management $10,860$137,091
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $14,188,051 · Management $1,707,785 · Fundraising $0$15,895,836
Part X · Balance sheet $10,869,391 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $290,967$132,819
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $758,717$691,563
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$6,250
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,371,812$1,754,835
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,310,240$2,645,113
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $5,394,329$5,493,224
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $203,948$145,587
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,330,013$10,869,391
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $785,844$1,005,355
X-19 Deferred revenue$955,697
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $203,470$145,157
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,008,930$2,120,991
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,321,083$8,748,400
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,321,083$8,748,400
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,330,013$10,869,391
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,748,400 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$14,938,000
XI-2 Total expenses$15,895,836
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$957,836
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,321,083
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$385,153
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,748,400

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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