45th Parallel Emergency Medical Services

Analysis

45th Parallel Emergency Medical Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Colebrook, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2008, 18 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, 45th Parallel Emergency Medical Services reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.9m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, 45th Parallel Emergency Medical Services 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 88th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Volunteers Fund ($1.9m), Union Emergency Medical Unit of Union New Jersey ($1.9m) and Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.9% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $113k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $159k, net assets of $995k. It reported 32 employees.