Grundy Emergency Medical Serv Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721519591
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Coalmont, TN, USA
Phone
9315922252
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Ambulance, Emergency Medical Transport Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,026,352
Expenses
$5,225,030
Assets
$1,497,233
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DON HUTCHESON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DON HUTCHESON (PRESIDENT): $69,773 total reported compensation
  • STACIE HUTCHESON (SECRETARY): $56,372 total reported compensation
  • BRANDY DYER (DIRECTOR): $42,911 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Grundy ems is the primary provider of emergency medical services and ambulatory services for grundy county and the rural mountain areas of franklin county, Tennessee. This rural area is not serviced by an emergency or hospital facility.

What it reported doing in 2024

Grundy ems provides treatment & transport for all emergency and non-emergency calls, regardless of ability to pay. During fy2025, gems answered 3,980 calls for assistance. Grundy ems operates in grundy county & the mountain areas of franklin county (franklin county is operated from a separate facility in sewanee, tn). They also have contractual agreements to provide service for the mountainous portion of i-24 in marion county and to provide back-up emergency ambulatory coverage to much of franklin and marion counties. Gems provides health cares services to patients that walk into the station. They provide remote rescue and medical treatment (4x4) and remote medical treatment in area state parks.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.1%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $81.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.1% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.