Kentucky Medical Logistics Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264736971
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Ashland, KY, USA
Phone
8774075368
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
First Aid

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,936,625
Expenses
$4,567,097
Assets
$2,206,605
Liabilities
$1,310,488

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARA MARKS (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • PATRICIA LEWIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KML)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARA MARKS (PRESIDENT/CEO): $1,196,109 total reported compensation
  • AUTUMN MCFANN (TREASURER): $1,155,483 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES CONLEY (KML MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN): $733,283 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide community healthcare services and ensure that emergency and non-emergency ambulance services will be available to all those in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

King's daughters medical transport (kdmt) aims to continuously improve pre- and post-hospital healthcare all service areas while ensuring that emergency and non-emergency ambulance services are available to those in need. The equipment is modern, state of the art, well-maintained, and efficiently. Response times are monitored and maintained within industry -accepted parameters. Kdmt also adheres to current and local medical protocols and utilization standards.kdmt is committed to providing comprehensive training for ems personnel, on-going training, and high-quality community health services. In 2025, kdmt transported 9711 patients via ambulances and 9605 via wheelchair transport. Our organization offers emergency and non-emergency ambulance services to greenup county, Kentucky; boyd county, Kentucky; and lawrence and scioto counties in Ohio. Kdmt also provides mutual aid services to other organizations in the primary service areas.during the past fiscal year, kdmt participated in 23 public health and education events. In 2025, the organization engaged in various community events, including hope program, career days for local schools, educating children about ems and equipment used. The team provided medical standby coverage with emt's and paramedics at community events such as the pride picnic, touch a truck events, and mass casualty response drills in collaboration with the emergency management office. These services were provided free of charge as part of kdmt's community benefit mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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 most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 9 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.