Kuyahoora Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237366209
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Poland, NY, USA
Phone
3158263525
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$522,302
Expenses
$514,099
Assets
$651,231
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARREN HEIDELBERGER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL ANTONIK (PAST PRESIDE)
  • SAM CRISINO (TREASURER)
  • ANTHONY DISCHIAVI (CHIEF)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kvac provides ambulance and emergency medical treatment services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Kuyahoora valley ambulance corps is a hybrid volunteer/paid ambulance service staffed by your friends and neighbors. Our volunteer members have been trained as paramedics, critical care technicians, emergency medical technicians, and emergency vehicle operators and they stand ready to answer the call when their communities need it most. Kuyahoora staffs one ambulance from 6:00a.m. To 12:00a.m. Daily with a paid crew typically consisting of an emt and a paramedic, and our volunteer members respond from home to staff our second ambulance when two calls go out simultaneously, or during the hours that there is no paid crew on duty. Kuyahoora covers a district encompassing over 1000 square miles, in 3 county's, covering the towns of russia, newport, norway, Ohio, morehouse, fairfield and deerfield, and the villages of cold brook, poland, newport & middleville. We also provide interfacility transfers and mutual aid assistance to several hospitals and ems agencies in herkimer, oneida, & hamilton counties. Organization currently operate 2 advanced life support (als) ambulances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 94.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $487K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.