French Broad EMC

Overview

Mission

Safe and effective distribution of electricity to members of French Broad EMC. Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Overview: Regular inspection and cleaning enables peak performance, extends the systems functional life, and minimizes repair costs. Over the past 6 years, FBEMC has installed over 3,000 systems and we’ve recognized a need for a hassle free service option. We now offer a program to give members peace of mind and keep their system running for many years to come. For a charge of **$20.00** per month added to your bill, FBEMC will clean and inspect your system once per year. We will also make necessary repairs with no additional labor cost. If you have more than one indoor unit, there is an additional **$10** charge per unit per month.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 0
• Transparency & Controls: 71
• Accountability: 91
• Sustainability: 36
• Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
• Leadership: top reported pay $485K · 22 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $18.2M reported
• Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
• 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.