Community Life Team

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231890444
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7172318245
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,020,295
Expenses
$28,827,709
Assets
$11,984,813
Liabilities
$57,783,390

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID GIBBONS (PRESIDENT)
  • PHILIP W GUARNESCHELLI (FMR PRESIDENT & CEO (R 9/22))

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID GIBBONS (PRESIDENT): $1,347,033 total reported compensation
  • PHILIP W GUARNESCHELLI (FMR PRESIDENT & CEO (R 9/22)): $1,152,327 total reported compensation
  • CRAIG SKURCENSKI MD (FMR DIR./VP, EMERG. MED. (R 1/23)): $546,932 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide community-based, efficient, and cost-effective emergency medical transport services, pre-hospital ems (emergency medical services) for the residents and communities of the central pa region. Community life team strives to be the provider of choice for consumers, healthcare institutions, insurers, and health maintenance organizations through a commitment to constant quality improvement and cost-effective service, meeting the needs of our communities. Upmc community life team provided free care during the year in the amount of $1,830,000.

What it reported doing in 2023

Community life team strives to be the provider of choice for consumers, healthcare institutions, insurers, and health maintenance organizations through a commitment to constant quality improvement and cost-effective service, meeting the needs of our communities. Upmc community life team provided free care during the year in the amount of $1,830,000.community life team provided emergency medical services to central pa residents upon request and as needed including basic and assisted life support services for emergency and non-emergency cases. Total service calls during fy 2024 were 65,687.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.82; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 141 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.