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← LAKES REGION EMS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LAKES REGION EMS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,969,464
Total expenses
$10,230,209
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,565,065
Investment income
$194,090
Other revenue
$210,309
Total assets, end of year
$17,270,066
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,543,811
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,726,255
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,223,087
Management and general expenses
$2,007,122
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,223,087

Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AMBULANCE SERVICE

    total $11,562,440 · related or exempt $11,562,440

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITY

    total $2,625 · related or exempt $2,625

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $159,254 · excluded $159,254

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,440

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,440

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,440 · excluded $13,440

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $175,000 · other assets $42,309

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $146,864 · other assets $35,609

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $28,136 · other assets $6,700

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $34,836 · excluded $34,836

  • 11a · Other revenue: RELATED PARTY MANAGEMENT INCOME

    total $150,000 · related or exempt $150,000

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $46,869 · excluded $46,869

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $196,869

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $501,103 · management and general $501,103

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,212,478 · program services $3,430,847 · management and general $781,631

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $138,053 · program services $112,869 · management and general $25,184

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $539,521 · program services $430,429 · management and general $109,092

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $444,086 · program services $304,939 · management and general $139,147

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,919 · management and general $16,919

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,299 · management and general $40,299

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,655 · management and general $13,655

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $303,842 · program services $303,842

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $53,130 · management and general $53,130

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $66,095 · program services $43,711 · management and general $22,384

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $513 · program services $388 · management and general $125

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $190,752 · program services $172,247 · management and general $18,505

  • 17 · Travel

    total $340,737 · program services $340,737

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $79,056 · program services $79,056

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $770,204 · program services $741,708 · management and general $28,496

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $61,606 · program services $50,120 · management and general $11,486

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,642,876 · program services $1,642,876

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $414,120 · program services $211,822 · management and general $202,298

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES

    total $129,637 · program services $129,637

  • 24d · Other expenses: MN CARE TAX

    total $113,073 · program services $113,073

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $158,454 · program services $114,786 · management and general $43,668

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,567 · end of year $191,755

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,314,337 · end of year $2,976,711

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,042,069 · end of year $3,656,732

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $93,152

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,854,595

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,612,057

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,630,883 · end of year $4,242,538

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,653,779 · end of year $3,205,149

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $604,150 · end of year $2,669,342

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $95,261 · end of year $234,687

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,740,798 · end of year $1,477,861

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $95,262 · end of year $65,950

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,516,986 · end of year $15,726,255

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO LEASE, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AN EMERGENCY RESCUE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE WHICH WILL SERVE THE CHISAGO LAKES, MN AREA TO RENDER AID TO THE SICK, INJURED OR DISABLED WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, CREED, OR TO STATION IN LIFE. TO SERVE THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF PEOPLE OF THE AREA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NOT-FOR-PROFIT AMBULANCE SERVICE, SERVICING CHISAGO AND PARTS OF ISANTI/PINE COUNTIES IN MN.

  • THE AMBULANCE SERVICE, STAFFED BY TRAINED PERSONNEL, PROVIDES AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF CHISAGO LAKES, RUSH CITY, AND NORTH BRANCH, MINNESOTA, AS WELL AS A PART OF POLK COUNTY IN WISCONSIN.

    Expenses $8,166,784 · Revenue $11,715,065

  • PROVIDING EMS EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC, EMT, AND EMR GROUPS.

    Expenses $56,303

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keith Carlson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mike Carroll

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dan Meyer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bryan Gaffy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Josh Howell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brandon Thyen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Aarron Reinert

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $292,294
    From this org
    $284,836
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,458
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,767
    Bonus
    $72,069
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,458
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $292,294
  • Michelle Anderson

    DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $218,292
    From this org
    $190,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,594
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,155
    Bonus
    $39,543
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,772
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,822
    Filer's total
    $218,292
  • Ben Wasmund

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $265,734
    From this org
    $230,193
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,541
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,436
    Bonus
    $45,757
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,193
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,348
    Filer's total
    $265,734
  • Tenamarie Meyer

    CLINICAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $160,152
    From this org
    $154,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,958
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,843
    Bonus
    $23,351
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,958
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,152
  • Lee Huber

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $193,515
    From this org
    $160,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,766
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,245
    Bonus
    $25,504
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,418
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,348
    Filer's total
    $193,515
  • Kirk Winkelman

    CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC

    Total calculated
    $136,469
    From this org
    $131,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,459
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brandon Trauba

    OPERATION MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $135,232
    From this org
    $129,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,303
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602609349301300

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