Fidelity Cemetery Association Of Bergen County NJ

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

7 people listed

HERBERT B KLAPPER (PRESIDENT/ TRUSTEE): $1,500,364 total reported compensation
LAWRENCE W ROSE (EXECUTIVE VP/TRUSTEE/TREASURER): $1,058,306 total reported compensation
MARK A SWEATLOCK (VP OF OPERATIONS/TRUSTEE): $552,583 total reported compensation

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

Operation and maintenance of a cemetery and a mausoleum for the interment of human remains.

Operation & maintenance of a cemetery and a mausoleum for the interment of human remains.

Revenue model: Other-operating. 97% 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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: Fail

Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.32; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 23.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: -24.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 7 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 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.

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