Long Beach Island Community Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222003458
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Long Bch Twp, NJ, USA
Phone
6094948861
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,240,724
Expenses
$5,075,932
Assets
$2,847,537
Liabilities
$615,934

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wendy Saunders (Executive Director until October 2024)
  • Francis DiSpigno (Board president)
  • Judy Amato (Board Vice President)
  • Kevin Walsh (Executive Director started October 2024)

Highest reported compensation

  • Wendy Saunders (Executive Director until October 2024): $96,771 total reported compensation
  • Kevin Walsh (Executive Director started October 2024): $17,283 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Long Beach Island Community Center Inc. is to be a community focal point offering a wide variety of services and programs aimed at meeting the needs of residents of Ocean County NJ regardless of their individual backgrounds. The Center provides services to the community including recreation counseling childrens services education and career services senior services and family assistance.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Educational & Career Services Dept is comprised of 4 programs to equip Ocean County residents with the academic and professional skills necessary for self-sufficiency effective parenting and workforce competence. The RISE program offers year-round classes in ABS High School Diploma and ESL primarily referred by Ocean County One Stop. This program enrolls approx. 100 students annually with virtual or in-person classes held M-F. These services extend to the WorkFirst NJ population also referred by One-Stop supporting 400 students each year. Services includes basic skills life and job readiness training occupational education and community work experience. All programs are grant funded by the Dept of Human Svcs and come at no cost to the participants. A new Senior Employment Assistance program launched in 2023 funded through ARPA and assists those aged 55+ seeking to reenter the workforce or start a new career. The newest initiative the Digital Equity Program funded by the NJDOL serves approximately 62 participants with comprehensive training in digital literacy and industry-valued credentials while equipping participants with the skills confidence and tools necessary to thrive in todays workforce.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 66% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $37.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.8% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $4.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 46 of 47 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.