Fellowshiplife Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842975643
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Basking Ridge, NJ, USA
Phone
9735803875
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,512,595
Expenses
$5,377,333
Assets
$19,905,920
Liabilities
$162,816

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN G LAWRENCE (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • LISA MARIE ARIENO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN G LAWRENCE (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO): $835,231 total reported compensation
  • LISA MARIE ARIENO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $106,128 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Fellowshiplife foundation advances the fellowshiplife, inc. Mission of creating innovative opportunities to enrich the lives of older adults by providing philanthropic support to benefit residents affiliated with life plan communities and older adults throughout the region. The foundation is committed to working in partnership with like-minded organizations in the broader community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fellowshiplife, inc. Is the sole member of the foundation. The formation of the foundation provides greater opportunities to raise funds in support of our affiliated senior living communities. These funds help enhance programs and services, support campus upgrades, and physical infrastructure. Additionally, we raise funds to provide benevolent care and to support team members' education and emergencies needs. Through a number of different initiatives, we raise funds for the foundation to disperse to fellowship village projects and programs. Current initiatives include the annual gala, individual donations (annual appeal), corporate matching gifts, pledges, a car donation program, memorial donations, bequests, naming opportunities, and membership in the main stage society. Fellowshiplife foundation raises funds to support the fellowship village community, as well as home and community based services. These services are offered to seniors throughout New Jersey and include home-health services, hospice, fellowship freedom plans and physical, occupational and speech therapies both on and off campus. Fellowship village is home to over 400 residents enjoying lifestyles from single family independent living homes, villas and apartments to assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care homes. The life plan community (also known as ccrc) offers a full complement of lifestyle enhancements, in addition to five-star dining. The addition of a new cultural arts center featuring a state-of-the-art-theater, upscale bar & lounge with alfresco dining, expanded medical center and spa and fitness center will ensure fellowship village remains a leader in senior living. These projects are supported in part through the support of the fellowshiplife foundation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% 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

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $454.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd 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: 98%; rating input score 98; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -114%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.7; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $835K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 29 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.