New Jersey Building Officials Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461257902
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Hillsborough, NJ, USA
Phone
9083694313
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,389
Expenses
$45,677
Assets
$185,751
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF HEISS (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT BURLEW (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NEIL BRYNE (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KEVIN GUILFOLYE (DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN DISTEFANO (DIRECTOR)
  • SAL POLI (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The organizations mission is to improve advance nj code enforcement practices through seminars and information dissemination, provide a network for officials to exchange ideas regarding methods, theories, regulations, to strive to elevate professional standards, to encourage and promote good public relations and uphold professional ethical standards.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the reporting period the organization hosts lom conference for code officials, which provided education seminars and other avenues to exchange ideas, discuss regulation implemetation, methods, theories and to elevate the professions ethical guidelines.

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 81% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.07; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 24 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.