College Club of Northern New Jersey
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 226064524
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Ridgewood, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 2018578501
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $97,340
- Expenses
- $101,694
- Assets
- $429,410
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KELLY BUCHSBAUM (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KELLY BUCHSBAUM (PRESIDENT)
- KATHY MARSHALL (FIRST VP/ WEBMASTER)
- JANET ANDERSON (SECOND VP)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
College club of northern New Jersey is a not for profit organization that helps fund educational opportunities for young women and men that have graduated from area high schools which help these students cover the costs of higher education through a variety of need-based grants and interest-free loans.
What it reported doing in 2025
Education fund grants are awarded to graduates of college club membership area high schools and high schools in paterson and are awarded on the basis of financial need and evidence of ability and desire to do college work.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.22; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $95K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.