McKenzie County Ambulance Service

Analysis

McKenzie County Ambulance Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Watford City, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1992, 34 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, McKenzie County Ambulance Service reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.6m (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, McKenzie County Ambulance Service sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.6m), Elverson Ems ($1.6m) and Plaquemines Community Care Centers Foundation Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $317k, net assets of $4.7m. It reported 33 employees.