Plum Emergency Medical Services Inc

Analysis

Plum Emergency Medical Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1991, 35 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Plum Emergency Medical Services Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.1m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $1.9m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Plum Emergency Medical Services Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay Foundation ($1.9m), Lifespring Community Health ($1.9m) and Commonspirit Health Research Institute ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 71% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $184k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $877k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 47 employees.