Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 226087548
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021
- Location
- Trenton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6092185026
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Higher Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LOUIS MANZIONE (PRESIDENT)
- R DAVID ROUSSEAU (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- HELEN J STREUBERT EDD (CHAIR)
- JOSEPH R MARBACH PHD (VICE CHAIR)
- GREGORY G DELL'OMO PHD (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Association of independent colleges and universities in New Jersey is a nonprofit organization established to advance higher education in New Jersey, by studying, devising, and promulgating programs for the maximation of the contributions of independent colleges and universities, by fostering public interest in public policy and legislation respecting colleges and universities by disseminating everything necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of this purpose.
What it reported doing in 2021
The association of independent colleges and universities in New Jersey (aicunj) is committed to the advancement of independent higher education in New Jersey. Our 14 member institutions perform a vital service to the state by providing more than 65,000 students access to diverse educational opportunities. Aicunj members also make a significant economic impact through research, community development and relevant degree programs that meet New Jersey's workforce needs.aicunj stimulates public interest in legislation and policy making that affect member institutions.aicunj goals are to:1) influence public policy and legislation to guarantee the citizens of New Jersey access to quality higher education in a wide variety of educational settings. * serve as liaison with the state and federal governments on behalf of the independent sector. * promote and raise awareness of the independent higher education and its contributions that benefit the common good.2) assure the long-term financial health of independent institutions while maintaining the high quality of their academic offerings. * provide leadership in and coordination of the planning and research activities of the independent sector. * suggest means by which its members can achieve maximum utilization of independent sector resources. * provide a channel for assistance to each member institution. * work cooperatively with the independent college fund of New Jersey (icfnj) for the benefit of New Jersey's independent colleges and universities. * promote cooperative efforts among independent institutions and between independent and public institutions. * encourage professional development through cooperation of member institutions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 10 of 12 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.