West County Paramedic Association

Analysis

West County Paramedic Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Girard, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1988, 38 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, West County Paramedic Association reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.9m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, West County Paramedic Association 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 Holloway Terrace Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($1.9m), Hatzolah of Williamsburg Inc ($1.9m) and Union Emergency Medical Unit of Union New Jersey ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $102k against liabilities of $155k, net assets of -$53k. It reported 68 employees.