Western Arizona Council of Emergency Medical Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860715946
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Yuma, AZ, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,500
Expenses
$119,627
Assets
$33,603

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Forrest Taylor (President)
  • Javier Hernandez (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Forrest Taylor (President)
  • Javier Hernandez (Vice President)
  • Heather Miller (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Receive funds from state of AZ and use them to assist rural Arizona emergency medical services providers with education training equipment and supplies. Assist same providers with meeting state safety and OSHA guidelines. Conducts needs assessments and plans and coordinates a regional emergency medical and trauma services system within a designated planning area. Demonstrates continued support annually by action of the governing bodies of the counties cities towns and fire districts within the planning area representing a majority of the total population of the area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.7% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.