Skip to the page content
Your donations
Passes our checks

Burke Ambulance Service Inc

EIN 92-1869076 · Burke, SD

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong96 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

(1) To provide emergency services to Burke, South Dakota and the surrounding areas. (2) To Raise Funds. To borrow or raise moneys for any of the purposes of the Corporation and, from time to time, without limit as to the amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute, and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the payment thereof, and the interest thereof, by mortgage on, or pledge, conveyance, or assignment in trust of the whole, or any part of the assets of the non-profit Corporation, real, personal or mixed, including contract rights, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired and to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of such securities or other obligations of the Corporation for its corporate purposes. (3) General Clause. To do everything necessary, proper, and advisable, in order to raise money and/or promote activities and safety of the Burke community and surrounding area.

Income
$110,200
Spending
$108,958
Reserves
47 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 86%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 96 out of 100. Higher than 83% of charities in its peer group (health care, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 47.0 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    12 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (3)
  1. $44,309 spent. Employee Payroll: The organization pays each member for their time when taking ambulance calls. 20 members benefited in 2025.
  2. $7,109 spent. Insurance: This expense is what it costs the organization to insure the nonprofit for a one year period for the ambulance vehicles and equipment. This benefitted over 2000 people in rural South Dakota and Nebraska in 2025 that live in the service area.
  3. $28,235 spent. Equipment: This contract to to have our equipment checked yearly to make sure it is functioning as it should. This benefited over 2,000 people that live in our service area.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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 October 13, 2026.

  3. 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.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since February 2023.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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 21, 2026.

Ratings and checks are our reading of public records, using the published method. They are not a statement about anyone's honesty. If you work for this organization, you can send corrections or results, confirm you want gifts through Veridonate, or ask to be removed from giving.