Covenant House Auxiliary of Morris County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861144412
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Madison, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9736158908
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,805
- Expenses
- $73,000
- Assets
- $25,705
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Melissa Polito (Co-President)
- Mary Beth Flanagan (Co-President)
People named in this filing
- Melissa Polito (Co-President)
- Mary Beth Flanagan (Co-President)
- Geraldine Kilgore (Treasurer)
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
The purpose of this organization is to foster interest among the public in the work and mission of Covenant House New Jersey Inc. a 501 (c)(3) organization that provides shelter, transitional living and non-residential services to homeless, trafficked and at-risk kids under the age of 21.
What it reported doing in 2025
On September 19, 2026, the organization hosted a fall benefit to support Covenant House New Jersey (CHNJ), raising funds and increasing awareness of its mission to serve youth experiencing homelessness and human trafficking. The event was open to the public and brought together community members, local businesses, and supporters. The program featured CHNJ staff, who provided an overview of services and impact, as well as a former resident who shared a personal testimonial illustrating the importance of CHNJ's work. These remarks helped educate attendees and deepen understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable youth. Fundraising efforts included a silent auction of donated items and experiences, corporate sponsorships secured in advance, and a Fund A Need initiative. The Fund A Need program presented specific donation levels tied to CHNJ's immediate needs, such as shelter, meals, counseling, and educational support, enabling donors to clearly understand the impact of their contributions. The event successfully advanced the organization's exempt purpose by generating financial support for CHNJ while increasing public awareness and community engagement. Proceeds directly support CHNJ's programs and services for at-risk youth. As a result of the evening, the Auxiliary was able to gift $50,000 to CHNJ to use as needed and replenish its own funds for future events and expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.4%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 37.8%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.4% of revenue deployed · 37.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 8 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.