Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232342061
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Phone
7176975512
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,324,714
Expenses
$2,629,828
Assets
$6,689,487
Liabilities
$2,339,603

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY KEMPINSKI (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMY KEMPINSKI (PRESIDENT): $239,061 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA GEYER (DIR OF PERFO): $161,988 total reported compensation
  • LYNDSEY DIEHL (DIR OF TRAUM): $159,569 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

In pursuit of optimal support for injured persons in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania trauma systems foundation exists to establish accreditation standards while promoting the advancement of trauma services. The Pennsylvania trauma systems foundation is committed to the reduction of death and disability caused by trauma and the provision of expeditious, quality health care that is evidence based.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pennsylvania trauma systems foundation (the "foundation") was organized to develop a voluntary accreditation program for trauma centers in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The commonwealth's medical services act, which was signed into law in 1985, recognized the foundation and established its mandate. The foundation has developed standards for operation of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, now known as the standards for trauma center accreditation (the "standards"). In addition, the foundation uses these standards to evaluate Pennsylvania hospitals, which apply to the foundation to determine if they meet the standards. The foundation also conducts site survey visits using independent survey teams to determine if applicant hospitals meet the standards, and maintains an appeals mechanism to reevaluate accreditation decisions. The foundation also conducts education and research programs and maintains a state-wide trauma registry, now known as the Pennsylvania trauma outcome study.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.3%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 68.9%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.9%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.3% of revenue deployed · 68.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.