Community Ambulance Service
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, COURTEOUS, PROMPT, AND COST EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ALONG WITH EDUCATION SERVICES TO HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
- Income
- $10.2 million
- Spending
- $10.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- 2.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 163
- Volunteers
- 1
- Highest pay
- $1.1 million, president/ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 68 out of 100. Higher than 55% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.3 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 19% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 8% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
5 of 251 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $9.5 million spent. COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE HAS HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN 2024 LIVING OUT OUR MISSION OF SERVING OUT COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE, EXCEPTIONAL CARE. WE TAKE PRIDE IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS FOR EMERGENT PRE-HOSPITAL CARE IN OUR PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS. THIS YEAR WE WERE EXCITED TO EXPAND OUR NON-EMERGENCY SERVICE AREA, ADDING TRASNPORT SUPPORT FOR GENESIS COSHOCTON MEDICAL CENTER. WE MAINTAIN INDUSTRY STANDARD EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, WHILE MAINTENCE IS SCHEDULED AND PERFORMED ON A REGULAR BASIS. OUR TEAM ADHERE TO ALL CURRENT STATE AND LOCAL MEDICAL PROTOCOLS, AS WELL AS MONITORS AND MAINTAINS INDUSTRY STANDARD RESPONSE TIMES IN DEMONSTRATION OF THESE COMMITMENTS, COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE RESPONDED TO 20,251 REQUESTS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN 2024 AND TRANSPORTED 15,534 PATIENTS. COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE (CAS) CURRENTLY PROVIDES EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF ZANESVILLE, ALONG WITH MUTUAL AID SERVICES TO OTHER MEMBER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF COSHOCTON, GUERNSEY, LICKING, MORGAN, MUSKINGUM, AND PERRY COUNTIES. SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY IS A KEY PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT. IN PURSUIT OF THAT MISSION, CAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR SEVERAL LOCAL CHARITIES. OTHER IN KIND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDED STANDBYS AT LOCAL EVENTS SUCH AS: COUNTY FAIR COVERAGE, PARTNERED WITH MUSKINGUM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT - PROJECT DAWN, FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS, LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS, FIRE AND REHAB STANDBYS FOR MULTIPLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH (EMD) FOR CITY OF ZANESVILLE AND MUSKINGUM COUNTY, AND SEVERAL OTHER ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE AREA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 6, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1995.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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