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← DARIEN EMS POST 53 INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DARIEN EMS POST 53 INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,515,923
Total expenses
$1,346,277
Contributions and grants received
$900,161
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$510,284
Investment income
$17,721
Other revenue
$87,757
Total assets, end of year
$11,217,350
Total liabilities, end of year
$171,387
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,045,963
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,117,325
Management and general expenses
$140,912
Fundraising expenses
$88,040
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,117,325

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $68,852

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $831,309

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $139,144

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EMERGENCY MEDICAL FEES

    total $462,894 · related or exempt $462,894

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TRAINING COURSES

    total $39,965 · related or exempt $39,965

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EMT STANDBY SERVICES

    total $7,425 · related or exempt $7,425

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,721 · excluded $17,721

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $92,565

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $68,852

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,951

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $77,614 · excluded $77,614

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $10,143 · excluded $10,143

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,143

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,990 · program services $459 · management and general $58,531

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,622 · management and general $8,622

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,312 · program services $33,900 · management and general $1,412

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $74,576 · program services $72,275 · management and general $2,301

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,189 · management and general $11,189

  • 24a · Other expenses: AMBULANCE - OPERATIONS

    total $464,486 · program services $434,239 · management and general $30,247

  • 24b · Other expenses: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVI

    total $439,757 · program services $439,757

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATED AUCTION ITEMS

    total $68,852 · fundraising $68,852

  • 24d · Other expenses: HEADQUARTERS MAINTENANC

    total $51,889 · program services $49,813 · management and general $2,076

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $132,604 · program services $86,882 · management and general $26,534 · fundraising $19,188

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $310,753 · end of year $454,057

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $273,241 · end of year $564,791

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $32,575

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $108,824 · end of year $44,760

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,017 · end of year $2,989

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,043,833

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $924,235

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $109,065 · end of year $119,598

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,634,411 · end of year $9,998,580

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $69,379 · end of year $122,389

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $48,998

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,346,617 · end of year $10,657,563

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,315 · end of year $388,400

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF POST 53 IS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE DARIEN COMMUNITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE, USING DARIEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS.

  • DARIEN EMS POST 53, INC DEDICATES ITSELF TO PROVIDING TIMELY, QUALITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE TOWN OF DARIEN CT.IN THE LAST YEAR DEMS RESPONDED TO OVER 1,800 CALLS FOR HELP OF WHICH APPROX. 600 WERE MEDIC TRANSPORTS. DEMS HAD AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME OF 6.2 MINUTES.IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE AND EXPENSES ABOVE, FRIENDS OF POST 53, INC DONATED USE OF BUILDING LOCATED AT 0 LEDGE ROAD, DARIEN, CT HAVING A MARKET VALUE OF $231,464.

    Expenses $1,117,325 · Revenue $510,284

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeanne Matson

    SECRETARY & ADULT ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Heck

    PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Larcheveque

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diane Schmidt-Fellner

    ADULT ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Halloran

    ADULT ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Cunningham

    ADULT ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meg Price

    ADULT ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronald Hammer

    ADULT ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evan Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Montero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristin Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Buscher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Petter Ostberg

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dawn Edgar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532059349300113

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