Family Support Center of New Jersey
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 550787573
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018
- Location
- East Windsor, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6093924900
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $966,122
- Expenses
- $960,921
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WARREN JOSEPHSON (PRESIDENT)
- ERIC B GELLER MD (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOHN PATRICK OROHO ESQ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ERIC M JOICE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- ERIC M JOICE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $167,237 total reported compensation
- SUSAN CARDUNER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $121,367 total reported compensation
- LIZA GUNDELL (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $115,429 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The family support center of New Jersey provides information and resources available to family members who are caring for someone with disabilities, special needs or rare diseases. The center is a clearinghouse of up-to-date information on a national, state and local family support programs, services and disabilities. The center offers a "one-stop-shopping" approach to individuals seeking information on disabilities and services by providing them with easy access to a comprehensive array of services.
What it reported doing in 2018
Assistive technology and home and vehicle modification: assists families through the process of obtaining and paying for assistive devices, home-environmental modifications or vehicle modifications. These devices help people live independently in their homes and allow them to navigate in their communities, modification include; adding a ramp to a home, modifying a bathroom, or installing a lift to a van.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.5%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $961K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $167K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.