Three Springs Area Ambulance Service Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251788350
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Three Springs, PA, USA
Phone
8144482900
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulance, Emergency Medical Transport Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,325
Expenses
$98,761
Assets
$687,216
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kevin Harper (President)
  • Dennis Horton (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Valerie Mitchell (Treasurer): $1,715 total reported compensation
  • Kevin Harper (President): $189 total reported compensation
  • Jack Horton (Finance Committee): $126 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a BLS ambulance service which responds to emergency calls and routine transports. Our service also assists the fire department as needed on their calls and performs stand-bys at neighboring ambulance stations.

What it reported doing in 2016

Program Service - Responded to 237 calls that consisted of routine transports, emergency calls, and denied service calls. Provided medical assistance for 4 days at a local festival.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.6%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 33.6%; rating input score 34
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.96; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.6% of revenue deployed · 33.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.