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Cottage Hose Ambulance Corp Inc

EIN 23-2128471 · Carbondale, PA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

EMERGENCY AMBULANCE, INVALID VAN TRANSPORTATION, FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND RESCUE SERVICES-SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)

$2.3 million spent. COTTAGE HOSE AMBULANCE CORPS INC. STRIVES TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY PRE-HOSPITAL CARE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER CARBONDALE AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMMUNITIES ON A 24 HOUR A DAY, 7 DAY PER WEEK BASIS. AREAS SERVED INCLUDES CARBONDALE, CARBONALE TOWNSHIP AND FELL TOWNSHIP IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF LACKAWANNA, WAYNE AND SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES. SERVICES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, INVALID TRANSPORTATION, NON- EMERGENCY AMBULANCE AND VAN TRANSPORTATION, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION AND RESCUE SERVICES. ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER, WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO THOSE MEDICALLY AND/OR FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1975.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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