Richfield Ambulance League Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232279783
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Richfield, PA, USA
Phone
7176943711
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$245,406
Expenses
$175,827
Assets
$679,911
Liabilities
$1,434

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANK SERVEDIO (PRESIDENT)
  • TYLER EVELHOCH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL GRAYBILL (ASSISTANT SECRETARY): $8,203 total reported compensation
  • RONALD WEAVER (ASSISTANT DRIVER FOREMAN): $6,895 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN GEARHART (DRIVER FOREMAN): $2,267 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 emergency medical assistance and transportation to residents in the juniata county, Pennsylvania area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Emergency medical services, including assisting at the scenes of vehicle and other accidents and transporting patients to hospitals and other medical facilities in the central Pennsylvania area. Thousands of persons receive these services throughout the year. Certain emergency responders are paid employees of the organization. There were other various member positions consisting of volunteers, which included the directors and officers of the governing board. There were a total of 16 volunteers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 31
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 37.5%; rating input score 38; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 28.4%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.87; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $156K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $8K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 38/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.