New Jersey Fire Engine & Equipment Museum Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222729090
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-PF 2023
- Location
- Allentown, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7324637445
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $236,698
- Expenses
- $282,090
- Assets
- $662,160
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID HORSNALL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DALE BENNETT (DIRECTOR)
- LAURA BOEGEMANN (SECRETARY)
- PAUL BOEGEMANN (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 mission of the New Jersey fire museum & firefighters memorial is to honor the heritage and sacrifice of New Jersey's firefighters with a firefighter memorial and a museum, both which engage and educate the public in the history and evolution of firefighting in New Jersey
What it reported doing in 2024
Marketing & public outreach -museum opened to the public for tours/visitation wednesdays & saturdays -continued with african americans in the fire service recognition program in february for black history month -continued with women in the fire service recognition program in march for womens history month -participated in many community celebrations throughout the state: eg; memorial day & july 4th parades, lodd memorial services preservation, restoration & maintenance -completed restoration of 1920's model t from jamesburg boys home -continued restoration of 1906 nott steamer/amlafrance 1918 motorized tractor drawn steamer -major maintenance operations on motorized units; oil change, coolant changes, brakes repaired, tires replaced, lighting repairs, buildings & facility -installed overhead door in bldg. 1 so small apparatus can be moved there for exhibit -replaced old oil fired heater with natural gas furnace in bldg. 1 - installed diesel and gas 300 gal. Storage tanks (code compliant) -installed additional electrical circuits in truck maintenance bldg. 5 administration & office operations -developed & began implementation for new "three year strategic plan - '25 thru '27" -secured multi-year use agreements with major software packages like past perfect -moved financial processes & records to quickbooks technology -improved and implemented new record of gift processing firfighters memorial -the memorial committee working with the entire board completed the basic design concepts for the memorial and readied them for presentation to potential "bidders" of the project
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 64% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 65
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 91.3%; rating input score 91; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 23 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $238K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.