Friends of Somerset County Youth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222418324
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bridgewater, NJ, USA
Phone
9089632756
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,875
Expenses
$82,600
Assets
$92,129
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tony Winchatz (President)
  • Colleen McCarthy (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tony Winchatz (President)
  • Colleen McCarthy (Vice President)
  • Christine Henderson Rose (Board Member)

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

Programs to benefit the youth of Somerset County New JerseyGrantee's Name: MIDDLE EARTH, Grantee's Address P.O. Box 8045, Bridgewater, NJ Grantee's relationship None Amount Given $45,000 Grantee's Name: FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES: Grantee's Address: 339 West Second St, Bound Brook, N.J. Grantee's relationship: None, Amount Given $10,500; Grant Class Activity. Grantee's Name: CASA of Shaw, Grantee's Address:148 Main Street Lebanon, NJ 08833 Grantee's relationship None Amount Given $20,500 Grantee's Name: VISIONS AND PATHWAYS, Grantee's Address, 49 Brahma Ave, Bridgewater, NJ 08807: Grantee's relationship None Amount Given $5,000 Grantee's Name Jewish Family Services Grantee's Address 150 W High St Somerville NJ 08876 Grantee's Relationship NONE Amount Given $6000 GOOD GRIEF Grantee's Address 38 Elm St Morristown NJ 07960 Grantee's Relationship NONE Amount Given $7,000 Grantee Name TRI-COUNTY CMO Grantee's Address 3040 US 22 Branchburg NJ Grantee's relationship NONE Amount Given $5,000

What it reported doing in 2025

Middle Earth PO Box 8045 Bridgewater NJ $30200 CASA of Somerset Hunterdon and Warren 148 Main St. Lebanon NJ $29100 Family and Community Services 339 West 2nd St Bound Brook NJ $2000 Visions and Pathways PO 6871 Bridgewater NJ $10000 Jewish Family Services 150 W. High St, Somerville NJ $6000

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.