Fanwood-Scotch Plains Service League
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237288934
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Scotch Plains, NJ, USA
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $94,860
- Expenses
- $100,945
- Assets
- $73,270
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sharon Shiraga (President)
- Janice Ferrara (Vice-president)
People named in this filing
- Sharon Shiraga (President)
- Janice Ferrara (Vice-president)
- Jacqueline Casey (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
Service League Thrift Shop generates funds for local charities service organizations and scholarships.
What it reported doing in 2025
Awarded college scholarships to 6 local students ranging from 2,000 to 6,000 in value.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 67
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 54.5%; rating input score 54
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 39; 39th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58% of revenue deployed · 54.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.