Blue Ridge Emergency Medical Services Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541025478
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lynchburg, VA, USA
Phone
4349475934
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulance, Emergency Medical Transport Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$198,446
Expenses
$248,801
Assets
$457,851
Liabilities
$5,992

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANET BLANKETSHIP (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE TURNER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JANET BLANKETSHIP (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE TURNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT LIPSCOMB (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the brems council is to promote and support quality patient care and state-of-the-art emergency medical services throughout the brems region. Our vision is to foster a comprehensive, high-performance, and sustainable ems system through collaboration and system enhancement, delivering clinically superior, data-driven, efficient, and innovative care. We serve all individuals, groups, organizations, and ems agencies in the counties of amherst, appomattox, bedford, campbell, and the city of lynchburg. The council functions as a support system to the ems community, focusing on the future needs of emergency medical services in the region and across the commonwealth of Virginia.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided emergency medical equipment and ems training and certifications in first aid, cpr, shock-trauma, cardio tech, paramedic, major disaster, and critical incident debriefings to the emergency medical services responders and providers of the central blue rdidge region of Virginia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $255.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $224K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.