Livingston Area Chamber of Commerce

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223295750
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Livingston, NJ, USA
Phone
9737160600
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,989
Expenses
$2,262
Assets
$2,513
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MONTE EHRENKRANZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MONTE EHRENKRANZ (PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance the interests of commercial, industrial, retail, professional and service organizations in the livingston area, acting as their voice in communicating their needs. Providing opportunities through networking events, web-site and periodic newsletter to enhance the quality and expand the business community. The organization has approximately 150 members.

What it reported doing in 2024

Networking events provide a way for members to promote their businesses

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 60% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.6%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 8%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.6% of revenue deployed · 8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $182 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.