American Bd of Emergency Medicine
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What it says it does
See Schedule O
- Income
- $24.0 million
- Spending
- $23.5 million
- Employees
- 57
- Volunteers
- 750
- Highest pay
- $670,975, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- ABEM offers initial certification in Emergency Medicine and other subspecialties. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) sets standards for the initial certification process. ABEM is required to comply with these standards. Initial certification is a three-part process: 1) applying to become board eligible after residency training in Emergency Medicine; 2) passing a qualifying written examination; and 3) passing an oral examination. The certification process begins upon graduation from an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited residency program in Emergency Medicine. ABEM also recognizes specific combined training programs that have been approved in advance by the respective sponsoring boards. Once ABEM verifies an applicant's credentials, the applicant is permitted to register for the Qualifying Written Examination. After passing the Qualifying Examination, candidates then take an oral examination. Upon passing the oral examination, physicians are ABEM-certified and are designated as diplomates. The certificate the physician receives is a time-limited certificate that expires in 5 years. To maintain certification, diplomates must participate in the ABEM continuing certification process.
- ABEM offers a continuing certification process in which physicians participate to maintain their certification. ABMS sets standards for a continuing certification process that promotes continuous learning and periodic assessment. Each of the 24 ABMS member boards are required to adopt the ABMS continuing certification standards. To maintain certification beyond an ABEM certificate's 5-year expiration date, ABEM-certified physicians must participate in each component of continuing certification as follows: 1) continuously maintain medical licensure in compliance with the ABEM policy on medical licensure; 2) complete MyEMCert modules (4 every 5 years); and 3) for clinically active diplomates, meet the requirements of the improvement in medical practice component, which requires participation in a medically relevant quality improvement activity (1 every 5 years).
- ABEM develops and administers an in-training examination. This multiple- choice question examination is offered annually for a week in February to residents in ACGME-accredited and RCPSC-accredited emergency medicine residency programs. The in-training examination is a standardized test that residents and program faculty can use to predict the likelihood of an individual resident passing the written qualifying examination.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
Not on the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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