Community Emergency Service

Analysis

Community Emergency Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Benton Harbor, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1978, 48 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 February 2024, Community Emergency Service reported income of $14.9m and spending of $15.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2020 to February 2024, income grew from $11.0m to $14.9m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Emergency Service sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Shore-Lij Internal Medicine at New Hyde Park PC ($14.9m), Belington Community Medical Services Association ($14.9m) and Rockingham Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice ($14.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.3% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (0.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. At year end it held assets of $9.2m against liabilities of $4.4m, net assets of $4.8m. It reported 121 employees.