New Jersey Attractions Association
Legal name: New Jersey Amusement Association Scholarship Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222916944
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Seaside Heights, NJ, US
- Phone
- 732-240-0000
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,750
- Expenses
- $7,138
- Assets
- $924
- Liabilities
- $2,475
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARTIN SHAPIRO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARTIN SHAPIRO (PRESIDENT)
- GARY BALLABAN (1ST VICE PR)
- JODY LEVCHUK (2ND VICE PRE)
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
The New Jersey Amusement Association Scholarship Fund Inc. provides scholarships to employees of the New Jersey attractions industry to support their higher education.
What it reported doing in 2024
Awarding scholarships
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.7%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 35%; rating input score 35
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -90.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.68; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 66.7% of revenue deployed · 35% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.