Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
226063974
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Summit, NJ, USA
Phone
9082779479
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Ambulance, Emergency Medical Transport Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$630,842
Expenses
$547,828
Assets
$7,222,724
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEAH GRIFFITH (President)
  • SAM JAMES (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • LEAH GRIFFITH (President)
  • SAM JAMES (Vice President)
  • JAMES RATH (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

The summit volunteer first aid squad, inc is an independent non-profit corporation. It provides emergency medical services to the city of summit nj and the surrounding area.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad (SVFAS) is an independent, private, non-profit corporation dedicated to providing 24-hour response to 9-1-1 medical emergency calls in Summit, NJ. All services provided by SVFAS are free of charge, and support for the organization comes from private contributions. SVFAS is the City of Summits only emergency ambulance service, although it is not a city agency. While the Squad works closely with the citys Police and Fire departments, the city does not provide any equipment or funds for SVFAS. The SVFAS board, officers and licensed EMTs are all volunteers, and there are no paid positions. SVFAS responded to over 2,400 calls in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 13.2%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.18; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $532K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.