Alle-kiski Paremedic Unit for Life Suppo Rt Emergency Response

Overview

Mission

Alle-kiski paramedic unit for life support emergency response (akpulser) provides assistance to local emergency services. Akpulser, a joint-venture of alle-kiski medical center and area ambulance services, affords access to paramedic staffing at all times. We assist the ambulance services in meeting the staffing criteria established by Pennsylvania state law.akpulser is licensed by the Pennsylvania department of health. We were the first paramedic response unit in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania established as a not for profit corporation under the control of not for profit ambulance services and a not for profit hospital.the akpulser takes calls 24 hours a day. The unit, staffed by state licensed paramedics, is dispatched directly to the scene of an emergency or can meet an ambulance already en route to a medical facility. The akpulser paramedics remain with the patient until he or she is transported by the ambulance to the hospital or his/her choice.the akpulser vehicle is stocked wi

Operating model

Revenue model

Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.

Distribution model

Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 73
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Sustainability: 72
• Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 57.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
• Governance: Filed governance answers
• Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
• Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 3 filed schedules
• Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
• 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.

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• Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.