Marple Township Ambulance Corps

Analysis

Marple Township Ambulance Corps is a registered charity in United States, based in Broomall, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Marple Township Ambulance Corps reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.1m to $1.9m (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Marple Township Ambulance Corps sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blades Volunteer Fire Company ($1.9m), Texas Emergency Communications Center Inc ($1.9m) and Garden Spot Fire Rescue ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.3% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $940k, net assets of $278k. It reported 61 employees.