Jersey Cares Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223294530
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Livingston, NJ, USA
Phone
9735331993
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,323,738
Expenses
$3,234,123
Assets
$1,840,815
Liabilities
$530,235

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN DEAN (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN DEAN (PRESIDENT &): $185,834 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE DEE (COO): $155,356 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS DOUGHERTY (COO CARE OF): $136,224 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Established in 1993, jersey cares is a nonprofit organization dedicated to volunteerism and civic engagement in New Jersey. We engage individuals, families, community groups, and corporations in a broad spectrum of volunteer opportunities that address community-identified needs. Jersey cares partners with nonprofits, public schools, and municipalities to engage volunteers in projects that address issues like food insecurity, support for seniors, improved educational opportunities, and many others. We envision a New Jersey where every person is empowered and motivated to effect positive change. Jersey cares is an affiliate of the points of light network, an innovative alliance of volunteer catalysts throughout the world. Since its inception, jersey cares has engaged hundreds of thousands of volunteers to contribute millions of hours of service

What it reported doing in 2024

Jersey cares organizes motivated individuals with busy schedules for team oriented service projects that effectively address the needs of northern New Jersey. Jersey cares' goals are two-fold; to promote the ethic of community service among concerned individuals and to channel volunteers into activities which are directly involved in producing positive change in the lives of people who need help. Jersey cares' projects are not focused on one particular city. Due to the community lifestyle that many new jerseyans lead, jersey cares works with over 200 non-profit organizations in providing a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. To date, jersey cares has recruited over 5,000 volunteers who have contributed over 75,000 hours of community service with an average of 280 volunteers participating each month.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • 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: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $186K · 12 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.