United Ambulance

Analysis

United Ambulance is a registered charity in United States, based in Lewiston, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, United Ambulance reported income of $8.5m and spending of $9.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $9.0m to $8.5m (-5.9%), an average of -1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, United Ambulance sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celebrating Life Community Health Center ($8.5m), Inspira Health Network Inc ($8.5m) and Project Compassion Health ($8.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $354k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $682k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 201 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.