Isc Squared New Jersey Chapter
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455350364
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Randoph, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9734543648
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $92,994
- Expenses
- $102,024
- Assets
- $44,032
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ken Fishkin (President)
People named in this filing
- Ken Fishkin (President)
- John Linkowsky (Education Chair)
- Mallik Prasad (Secretary)
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
ISC Squared New Jersey Chapter is a professional association for cybersecurity. The Chapter is an affiliate of ISC2 www.isc2.org, a global organization that focuses on training, networking, education, and certifications for cybersecurity professionals. The Chapter's members include about 580 professional members at $75 for annual membership and about 160 student members at $10 for annual membership. The majority of expenses are for: (a) technology and tools to facilitate virtual meetings, website hosting, email services, and membership platform, and (b) costs for in-person conferences, networking events, and training. There are some expenses associated with running of the Chapter, such as liability insurance coverage, supplies, and physical storage of materials.
What it reported doing in 2025
Annual Security Conference "SECON" in June 2025, hosted at Kean University. Several speakers and training tracks on Cybersecurity topics. Attended by 200+ professionals and students. This was planned with support from the NJ Chapter of ISACA. The Grants Amount includes vendor sponsorships and ticket sales.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.1%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 48.7%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 29; 29th 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: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.1% of revenue deployed · 48.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 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 53/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.