South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services

Analysis

South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 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 December 2022, South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services reported income of $6.3m and spending of $6.7m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $4.4m to $6.3m (+43%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Croix Regional Family Health Center ($6.3m), Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation Foundation ($6.3m) and Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lower Merion & Narberth ($6.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.6m. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 69 employees.