Cross County Connection TMA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223055841
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Marlton, NJ, USA
Phone
8565968228
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,683,249
Expenses
$1,597,878
Assets
$1,895,271
Liabilities
$406,671

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ronda Urkowitz (Executive Director)
  • Bruce K Easterly (President)
  • John D Rink (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ronda Urkowitz (Executive Director): $170,629 total reported compensation
  • Patrick C Farley (Program Director): $107,709 total reported compensation
  • Joseph Wilson (Marketing & Communications dir): $106,586 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Improving the quality of life in southern New Jersey through transportation solutions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cross County Connection is the designated Transportation Management Association (TMA) for the seven-county Southern New Jersey region: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem. Cross County Connection assists local governments, schools, businesses, social service organizations, residents, and employees with mobility needs by fostering the implementation and use of sustainable transportation modes to create an equitable, safe, and environmentally sustainable transportation network. Cross County Connection TMA, a non-profit organization, was formally incorporated in 1989 to address the mobility needs of those without a private vehicle, reduce traffic congestion, and improve air quality. Cross County Connection assists with commute alternatives such as public transit, shuttle services, carpooling, vanpooling, bicycling, and walking. Additional services include public transit travel training, bicycling and walking safety education programs for schools, assistance with electric vehicle charging infrastructure, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure planning, and more. Commuting challenges are not just an inconvenience-they dramatically affect our quality of life, our independence, our ability to get to work, school, and medical appointments, conduct business, and more. Recent world events illustrate the importance of mobility-whether it means getting essential goods to distribution points, or employees and residents to essential services. Mobility is a driving force for the economy, and accessibility to transportation options for all must exist for the region to prosper.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 68.7%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 68.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.