Mountain Lakes Regional EMS Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141832731
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Queensbury, NY, USA
Phone
5187938200
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$580,213
Expenses
$599,616
Assets
$163,869
Liabilities
$158,200

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Travis Howe (Executive Dir.): $90,558 total reported compensation
  • Scott Harwood (Director): $8,647 total reported compensation
  • Micki Guy (Chair): $4,164 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To facilitate quality improvement of emergency medical care in Northeastern New York; provide administrative and staff support to the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee; provide pre-hospital education programs; and to engage in such other activities to support and facilitate emergency care as determined by the regional EMS council or the New York Department of Health.

What it reported doing in 2018

Supervised and credentialed EMS providers in the five-county region of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington.Received and checked the completeness of over 30,000 Pre-Hospital Care Reports (PCRs).Monitored compliance with Quality Improvement Regulations.Coordinated cooperation between the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council (REMSCO) and the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC).Provided administrative support to the REMSCO.Coordinated cooperation of REMACs to provide quality patient care over regional borders.Coordinated medical control in compliance with current standards.The Corporation is an approved course sponsor under an agreement with the New York State Department of Health to provide training in state-approved EMS courses and other courses or continuing medical education (CME) designed to educate both volunteer and career EMS providers.The courses are taught throughout the five-county region of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington by paid instructors.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $471K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.